Course Aim: To provide students with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to provide care management to a wide range of sick and injured patients, it also prepares students to undergo the Pre-Hospital Care Council (PHECC) examination. This is the minimum requirement to work on an ambulance in Ireland.
Course Structure: 140 classroom hours (20 days, 7 hours per day) followed by 40 hours clinical placements. (Medicall will arrange all placements on its own fleet of ambulances – guaranteed!). This course can be run either on a full-time (four straight weeks, Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00) or a part-time basis (10 weekends, Saturday and Sunday, 09:00-17:00).
Course Content Overview: The course provides practical information, skills and knowledge on a diverse range of injuries and illness faced by an operational EMT on a daily basis. Please see below for a course overview.
- Introduction to the Irish EMS System.
- Ambulance Operations.
- The wellbeing of the EMT.
- Relevant Anatomy & Physiology.
- Patient Assessment.
- Airway Management.
- Care & Management of Cardiac Patients.
- Medical Emergencies.
- Trauma, including fracture management.
- Soft Tissue Injuries.
- Spinal immobilisation.
- Medication Administration.
- Emergency Childbirth.
- Special Need Patients.
- Major Incidents.
Tutors: All tutors are experienced Pre-Hospital Practitioners. Each tutor is registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) as an educational award holder.
Course Fees: €2,300 inclusive of all books, course materials.
How to apply: For further information please e-mail memt@medicall.ie or phone (01) 4 966933 – Option 2 or click Book a Course.
