Course Coordinator: Paul McLiesh
Phone: +61 8 8313 6286
Email: paul.mcliesh@adelaide.edu.au
Location: School of Nursing, The University of Adelaide

School Office
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1	Relate the historical perspective of hyperbaric and diving medicine and hyperbaric nursing
2	Distinguish the educational requirements, roles and responsibilities of staff in hyperbaric medicine units and how those roles interact with other health care professionals.
3	Identify and employ the statutory required documentation for hyperbaric facilities and identify related potential safety hazards
4	Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of care delivered to the hyperbaric patient that is based on best available evidence.
5	Evaluate the occupational health and safety issues for employees in hyperbaric medicine units
6	Identify, prevent and respond to potential complications in the hyperbaric patient
7	Discuss barotrauma and oxygen toxicity- their prevention and management,
8	Revise and critique contemporary hyperbaric medicine literature.

Texts
Standards Australia 2002, Australian Standard 4774.2-2002: work in compressed air and hyperbaric facilities–part 2–hyperbaric oxygen facilities, Standards Australia.
http://infostore.saiglobal.com/store/downloadFile.aspx?path=Previews%25%205cas%25%205cas4000%25%205c4700%25%205c47742.pdf.

Larson-Lohr, V & Norvell, HC (eds.) 2002, Hyperbaric nursing, Best Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Reader
The readings for this course area available electronically via MyUni.

Texts
Feldmeier JJ, Chairman and Editor Hyperbaric Oxygen 2003 Indications and Results: The Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Committee Report. Dunkirk, MD: Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 2003.

Neuman, T & Thom, S (eds.) 2008, Physiology and Medicine of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia USA
Note: this book is available electronically via the Barr Smith Library.

Kindwall, EP & Whelan, HT (eds.) 2008, Hyperbaric Medicine Practice, 3rd ed. Best Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Workman, WT (ed.) 1999, Hyperbaric facility safety: a practical guide, Best Publishing, Flagstaff, Arizona.

Sheffield, P, Smith, A & Fife, C 2007, Wound care practice, Best Publishing, Flagstaff Arizona.

Note: You are not required to buy recommended texts. However, they provide valuable supplementary reading on various aspects of the material covered within this course and you are encouraged to have a look at them.

MyUni
All students enrolled in a postgraduate coursework nursing program have access to the School of Nursing – Postgraduate Coursework Student Centre on MyUni. If you would like the opportunity to network with other students, you can use the Communication features in the site. This site will also feature information about the latest news and events at the School of Nursing.

Unified
http://unified.adelaide.edu.au/
UNIFIED is your one-stop shop for email, calendar, MyUni and Access Adelaide. It even allows you to search the Library.
UNIFIED is available to all active students; with a single login you can access your student systems and personal information through a central website. Login with your Student ID ("a1234567") and Password.

For more information, including easy to follow instructions visit https://unified.adelaide.edu.au/web/mycampus/home.

Library Resources
Help for Nursing Students
The University of Adelaide Library has a website to help nursing students use the library and its resource (www.library.adelaide.edu.au/guide/med/nursing).

Remote student library service
The University of Adelaide Library provides a document delivery and loans service to non-metropolitan students who do not visit a University of Adelaide campus to attend classes (www.adelaide.edu.au/library/docdel/external.html).

This course will incorporate readings, viewing of multimedia, self-directed learning activities in your hyperbaric medicine unit and a study guide to direct through these various components.

The study guide is divided into sections and includes the required readings for each topic. The study guide activities are not compulsory. Rather, it is designed as a learning tool to aid the student in the understanding of each topic.

While all students work at a different pace it is expected that study for this course will be approximately 24 hours per week of your time. This is a rough guide and may vary for students who have not studied recently.

This course addresses such issues as the history, management and safety of hyperbaric medicine units along with advanced clinical practice issues for nurses working in hyperbaric medicine units.

Course topics include:
Historical perspective of hyperbaric and diving medicine and nursing
Hyperbaric nurse attendant training
Nursing management in hyperbaric units
Quality of care and outcome measurement in hyperbaric nursing
Occupational Health and Safety in the Hyperbaric setting
Literature analysis and evidenced based practice in hyperbaric nursing
Tissue viability assessment

Wound management
• historical perspectives of hyperbaric and diving medicine
• hyperbaric medicine unit management
- quality assurance in hyperbaric facilities
- education of nursing staff
- staffing issues in hyperbaric facilities
- current standards for hyperbaric facilities
• risk management and quality improvement
- hyperbaric chamber/facility safety
- occupational health and safety of hyperbaric staff
- patient safety
- incident reporting
• wound care
- basic principles of healing and assessment
- tissue viability assessment
• Equipment and infection control.

Assessment Task	Assessment Type	Weighting	Learning Outcome(s) being addressed
Literature Review Outline	Formative	0%	3, 8
Case Study	Summative	30%	3, 4
Literature Review	Summative	40%	3, 8
Presentation	Summative	30%	1-2, 5-7

LITERATURE REVIEW OUTLINE AND SEARCH STRATEGY
Due Date: Semester 1: Week 4
Semester 2: Week 4
Weighting: 0%
Length: 500 words

• Topic
This assessment is scheduled early in the semester to assist in the planning and development of your literature and so that you can receive feedback on your work before handing in your final assignment.
Once you have selected a topic:
• Identify the question chosen and provide a brief paragraph which situates the topic, providing background, identifying the significance to hyperbaric nursing and any limitations or boundaries of your intended work (this is designed to assist in the development of the introduction for your final essay).
• Describe the search strategy undertaken to identify preliminary references including key words and databases used (this is to ensure contemporary and reliable resources support your work).
• Provide a reference list containing four preliminary references on the topic, which complies with the School of Nursing School Academic Manual. (This list may be expanded for your final literature review).



CASE STUDY
Due Date: Semester 1: Week 7
Semester 2: Week 7
Weighting: 30%
Length: 2,000 words

• Topic
In this assessment you will need to describe a case study of a client who was either assessed or treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in your practice setting. The client case study should address the following criteria:
case history
assessment for hyperbaric oxygen therapy
discussion of indications for treatment (or refusal of treatment)
outline of client management plan
summary of client treatment and interventions
client outcome and follow-up (if required).
Students should include references to current literature, where relevant, to support the discussion and treatment decisions, students may also refer to data collected by your practice setting.



LITERATURE REVIEW
Due Date: Semester 1: Week 11
Semester 2: Week 11
Weighting: 40%
Length: 3,000 words

• Topic
The purpose of this essay is to encourage critical examination and discussion of current issues within hyperbaric medicine practice. Students are expected to undertake a review of the current literature with the view to build an academic discussion outlining a topic of your choice. Students must align their topic with the course objectives, with a focus on its relevance in hyperbaric nursing practice. The topic must be negotiated with the course coordinator.
Suggested topics may include:
methods of tracking wounds of patients undergoing hyperbaric treatment
hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of cerebral palsy
methods of measuring hyperbaric patient outcomes
examination of practices used to reduce the risk of attendant occupational health problems and increase prompt reporting of them
review, write and/or revise a Unit policy or procedure and support with current literature or expert opinion
develop a standard teaching program designed to reduce the rate of hyperbaric induced patient ear barotrauma
discuss the role (or the need for one) of the hyperbaric safety director in your unit
an overview of hyperbaric nursing publications found by literature review.
a review of the literature on hyperbaric medicine and an indication of your choice
indications for hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning.



PRESENTATION
Due Date: Semester 1: Swot Week
Semester 2: Swot Week
Weighting: 30%
Length: 20 minutes

• Topic
Students are required to develop a 20-minute presentation based on the case study or literature review, the presentation should be performed before the course coordinator (or accredited hyperbaric nursing expert for interstate students).
Students are also encouraged to consider submission of their presentation at a relevant Annual Scientific Meeting (e.g. Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association ASM).

Assessments, unless otherwise stated in your Study guide, are to be submitted electronically via Assignments in MyUni on the due date specified. Instructions for assignment submission are available for all students under Tutorials at www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/.

An assessment submitted via MyUni must be submitted as a .doc, .docx or .rtf file. If submitting a PowerPoint presentation for marking, the .ppt or .pptx must be submitted as .pdf file. It is also important to submit your file under your name, such as surname.firstname. MyUni stamps all the other details against your filename once you submit your assessment.

Turnitin is used to submit all assignments in this course. Turnitin is a plagiarism software tool that enables the student to identify any matching text before final submission.

An Assignment Coversheet must be submitted with each assessment. The coversheet should be the first page of your assessment. A word version of the Assignment Coversheet is available to download at www.health.adelaide.edu.au/nursing/students/resources. The Plagiarism Statement must be signed and dated for your assessment to be marked (please note the details stated on the Assignment Coversheet). More information on avoiding Plagiarism is available at www.adelaide.edu.au/clpd/plagiarism/.

If you have difficulty submitting your assignment, you can call the MyUni helpdesk from 8am to 6pm 08 8303 3335.

Plagiarism
Students are reminded that plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty constitute a serious offence and can result in disciplinary procedures. Students are advised to read the policy Academic Honesty and Assessment Obligations for Coursework Students Policy & Coursework Students: Academic Dishonesty Procedures policy, available at www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/230/. The following definitions should be noted.

Referencing: providing a full bibliographic reference to the source of the citation (in a style as determined by the School).
Quotation: placing an excerpt from an original source into a paper using either quotation marks or indentation, with the source cited, using an approved referencing system in order to give credit to the original author.
Paraphrasing: repeating a section of text using different words which retain the original meaning.
Please note: changing just a few words does not constitute paraphrasing.