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Title
Locate and summarise, critique, and evaluate potential impacts of
medical research relevant to an ambulance context
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
˗ locate and summarise a medical research article, relevant
to the ambulance context, presented in a health-related
journal;
˗ critique the selected medical research article; and
˗ evaluate the potential impact of the research findings on
patient care in an ambulance context.
Classification
Emergency Services > Ambulance
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
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Definitions
Ambulance context – situations where emergency care is delivered in a variety of
pre-hospital environments. Pre-hospital environments refer to any situation in which
people require medical assistance outside of a controlled medical environment, such
as a medical centre. These pre-hospital environments include situations both in and
away from an ambulance vehicle.
Best practice – for the purposes of this standard is a clinical technique or
methodology that has proven to be most effective at delivering a desired outcome
and is actively promoted across the ambulance and/or emergency care sector.
Clinical procedures – the written procedures particular to each ambulance service
and endorsed by Ambulance New Zealand.
Critique – a review or commentary that discusses, evaluates and analyses a subject,
covering strengths and weaknesses.
Standing orders – written instructions issued by a medical practitioner that authorise
individuals engaged in the delivery of health services to supply and administer certain
medicines without a prescription in circumstances specified in the instruction.
The article – the health-related journal article selected for examination and summary
in element one.
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SSB Code 100401
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Range
Performance in relation to performance criteria 3.2 and 3.3 in this unit standard is to
comply with current clinical procedures and/or standing orders, and/or current best
practice.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Locate and summarise a medical research article relevant to an ambulance context,
presented in a health-related journal.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Research questions are defined according to the purpose of the medical
research.
1.2
Health-related journals containing medical research articles relevant to an
ambulance context are identified.
1.3
One article is selected and research findings are accessed.
1.4
The research is summarised.
Range
research questions, introduction, methodology, results.
Outcome 2
Critique the selected medical research article.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The critique explains the methodology employed in achieving the findings in the
selected medical research article.
Range
2.2
may include but is not limited to – research design; identification of
sources of information; literature review; information gathering
techniques; quantitative and qualitative analysis.
The appropriateness of the research methodology to an ambulance context is
critiqued in terms of the identified research questions.
Outcome 3
Evaluate the potential impact of the research findings on patient care in an ambulance
context.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The evaluation establishes and justifies the validity of the research findings for
an ambulance context.
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3.2
Research findings are compared and contrasted with current best practice,
clinical procedures, or standing orders.
3.3
The potential impact on ambulance patient care is described in terms of the
potential benefits and risks of making changes to current best practice, clinical
procedures, or standing orders in response to the research findings.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
22 August 2008
31 December 2019
Review
2
21 April 2016
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
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NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
The Skills Organisation
SSB Code 100401
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016