Pre-Hospital Emergency Care
University of Cumbria
UCAS Code: B782 | Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE
University of Cumbria
UCAS Code: B782 | Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
60 credits, 45 of which are graded
Scottish Higher
T Level
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About this course
This one-year programme, run in partnership with the South Western Ambulance Service, provides a unique opportunity to enter the ambulance service and will help you gain access to a paramedic career pathway.
You will be taught by both university staff and experienced paramedics from a range of clinical backgrounds, with teaching delivered both online and face-to-face at Wiltshire Air Ambulance base. This blended learning provides flexibility, allowing you to fit your learning around other responsibilities, such as caring responsibilities.
Our expert academics will support you throughout the course, and you will join a close-knit community of learners.
As well as your academic training, you will gain real-world experience of pre-hospital emergency care through placements with the South Western Ambulance Service in Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset, or Dorset.
To prepare you for employment within the ambulance service, you will also complete blue light training (the emergency driving qualification) as part of the course.
**Course Overview**
This programme has been co-created with ambulance partners to provide an alternative route into the ambulance service, where you will be supported by the university to develop the appropriate skills and knowledge to access employment.
Upon successful completion of the course, you will have completed the first year (120 credits) of a BSc Paramedic Science degree and will be offered a role as an emergency care assistant with the South Western Ambulance Service (subject to pre-employment checks). Within 12-18 months of completion of the course, you will be offered a place on the BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science Degree Level Apprenticeship, which will complete your paramedic training, enabling you to qualify as a paramedic.
**On this course you will...**
- Learn online and also through face to face sessions.
- Attend placements located at ambulance stations within Wiltshire, Somerset, or Dorset (SWAST area).
- Be provided with blue light training (the emergency driving qualification) as part of this programme designed to prepare you for employment within the ambulance service.
- Upon successful completion of the programme and subject to pre-employment checks, you will be offered a role as an emergency care assistant within South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. This opportunity will be based within Wiltshire, Somerset or Dorset.
**What you will learn**
On this programme, you will gain experience both clinically and academically, in pre-hospital care in both the ambulance service and in other clinical settings. As part of the programme, you will be provided with blue light driver training course.
Within 18 months of successful completion of this programme you will be offered a place on the BSc Hons- Paramedic Science (degree level apprenticeship).
Modules
**Year One**
- Developing Person-centred Care in Paramedic Practice 1: This module will enable you to demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of person-centred care, communication and your own wellbeing and mental health.
- Physical and Clinical Sciences: This module will enable you to demonstrate foundational knowledge of the structure and function of human anatomy and physiology.
- Clinical Practice 1: This module will enable you to undertake a period of development in the clinical practice environment.
- Professionalism and Followship: You will develop your understanding of professionalism, leadership and followship.
- Introduction to Research and Evidence-based Practice: You will develop your knowledge and understanding of the evidence base for pre-hospital and emergency care.
Assessment methods
Formative assessment is an important feature within the programme and may include in‐class or online activities such as, research diaries, assignments and tests. The programme ensures summative assessments that are designed to provide a creative and balanced strategy throughout the programme.
The summative assessments all relate to the working environment of an ambulance service enabling you to take your assessed learning into the practice environment to optimise the provision of patient care.
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