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Community and Health - PARAMEDIC

Laennec Listening

Primary Middle

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

1. Look at this painting of Theobold Chartran "Laennec Listening with his Ear Against the Chest of a Patient at the Necker Hospital" held at National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland

"This painting depicts Rene Laennec, French physician and inventor of the stethoscope, in a hospital room, his ear pressed to the chest of a male patient, who is sitting up in his bed. In his left hand he holds an early model of the stethoscope. Three other figures appear to the back and right: one is likely another physician, another is a sister/nurse.

Commentary

The stethoscope was one of the first technological innovations in medicine and its advent was accompanied by some of the same concerns that are raised about 20th [or 21st] century technologies. Physicians in Laennec's day were concerned about two aspects of using a stethoscope: the stethoscope, which allowed for "mediated auscultation," removed the patient from direct physical contact with his/her physician, and the stethoscope allowed for finer and more accurate diagnoses, which could rob patients of hope for recovery.

The invention of the stethoscope also intensified the ongoing battle between physicians and surgeon. Physicians were the learned, professional half of the medical profession; surgeons were considered by physicians to be mere technicians. Some physicians feared that using instruments such as a stethoscope sullied their higher status, the art of their profession.
(Source: Art Annotations: Theobold Chartran - Laennec Listening with his Ear Against the Chest of a Patient at the Necker Hospital.)

Leannec Listening
(Source: NYU Langone Health)

2. Paint a modern day version of a hospital scene with the stethoscope as the centre piece and depicting any concerns about the technological advances in medicine.

Stethoscope

3. Scan and submit this painting to "On the Job" for display.

"Rescue" is it real?

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, watch some episodes of the drama "Rescue" from Channel 9. Write down the story lines and the aspects of paramedicine that was displayed.

2. Watch at least one episode of "Paramedics"

3. Compare and contrast the two programs.

How different is the fiction to the reality?

Discussion

As a group, discuss the following questions:

Do the programs show real Paramedicine well?
Do you get a sense of what real paramedics face?
Would you like to do this job? Why? Why not? Give reasons.

4. As a group, come up with a new episode for "Rescue" that is based on real life.

Provide the title of the episode
The overview
The medicine displayed by the Paramedic

5. Share your group's episode with the other groups in the class.

Future Technology and Paramedicine

Middle Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Cooperative Learning Activity

1. In groups of 4 - 5 students, read the following article from The Conversation 14 June 2017

2. List the technologies that have been put forward for use in Paramedicine.

3. Discussion

Discuss. What would the benefits be to Paramedics?

4. As a group, you are to think of other technologies that have been used in other fields or invent new ones to help the Paramedic do their job more efficiently.

GoodSAM - what is it and how can you join? Do you want to?

Secondary Teacher

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Cooperative Learning Activity

You can have groups of 3 - 4 students doing this activity or you can do it individually.

1. Read the following article from The Conversation 17 January 2020 Read

2. You are going to create a presentation to Years 10 - 12 and staff about the facts and figures stated in this article and the benefits of all students in these years learning First Aid. You are to make this presentation as persuasive as possible!

3. Part of this presentation is to introduce everyone to the benefits of GoodSAM (Smartphone Activated Medics) that is currently in Victoria, NSW, SA.

GOODSAM app
https://youtu.be/PUIKInu4lFE