Paramedicine

Overview

Overview

Paramedics are vital members of all communities – from small towns to large cities – providing lifesaving and essential healthcare to others. Increasingly, paramedics are serving in diverse healthcare settings including in primary care, rural health and industrial health services. Graduates are therefore in demand across Australia, and are also highly regarded in the UK, US and other countries.

In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to work as a paramedic in Australia and internationally. Whether you are new to paramedicine or you want to further your current career in emergency services or healthcare, this course is for you.

Throughout the course you’ll be taught by experienced paramedics with expertise in emergency ambulance settings, tactical operations, rescue services, rural/remote practice and industrial contexts. You’ll gain the fundamental skills of out-of-hospital emergency care, including evidence-based clinical best practice, emergency and crisis management, and effective communication.

To acquire your practical skills efficiently, you’ll utilise simulation laboratories and engage in high-fidelity simulation exercises. In addition, you'll complete work-integrated learning through clinical placements and simulation exercises with ambulance, emergency and healthcare services. You may also be able to participate in further optional training and agency placements.

Note that as this course is subject to quota, applications may be competitive.

Before starting your course, you must obtain competency in manual handling and first aid. Find out more about health fieldwork requirements.

This can be a physically and mentally challenging course. Please familiarise yourself with the inherent requirements before applying.

What you'll learn

• demonstrate accountable, safe, effective and innovative paramedic practice incorporating research evidence and related professional competences.
• use reflective, evidence based and problem solving approaches to the provision of paramedicine practice.
• access, critically evaluate and utilise health care information in the assessment and management of prehospital patients and groups.
• communicate effectively with clients, families, communities and other health professionals in the pre-hospital and primary health contexts.
• use technologies that assist the paramedic to provide quality patient care within a changing health care environment.
• be an independent, self-directed learner who constructively reflects upon the health, social and educational experiences gained through experience and further education and research.
• incorporate regional, national, and global trends and innovations in health care into paramedic practice.
• incorporate social, economic and cultural differences in the provision of culturally appropriate and sensitive care to clients in a pre-hospital or primary health setting.
• demonstrate ethical practice in accordance with legislation, professional capabilities for registered paramedics and professional codes of conduct.