Advanced medical Courses

Advanced Medical Courses
 
Ambulance Aid

Ambulance Care Assistant
Aim
To enable candidates to give adequate and effective medical care during transportation.
Risk Assessment
Well trained Ambulance Care staff are an essential backbone of any ambulance service
Pre-course learning requirements
Current First Aid at Work certificate
Course Syllabus
Day 1 – Organisation & Management
 Code of Conduct
 Communicating with Patients
 Special Journeys
 Patient Consent
 Personal Safety Skills

Day 2 – Non-Emergency Patient
 Non-Emergency Journeys
 Outpatients
 Geriatric Patients
 Amputees and Artificial Limb Patients
 Handicapped and Disabled Patients
 Physiotherapy Patients

Day 3 – Moving and Lifting Patients
 General Principles
 Practical Aspects of Manual Handling
 Moving Patients Using Equipment
 Patient Positioning
 Light Rescue
 Specialist Patient Handling Equipment

Day 4 & 5 Scenarios and assessments
 
In-company
This course is also available on an in company basis across the UK for up to 12 delegates
How about asking for assistance from our staff who have a working knowledge of these courses on Freefone 0800 345 7662

 

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Emergency Medical Technician

Aim
To enable candidates to give adequate and effective care in trauma or medical emergency
Risk Assessment
Well trained Ambulance Technician staff are an essential part of the paramedics role
Pre- course learning requirements
Current First Aid at Work certificate and Ambulance Care Assistant course within past year

Course Syllabus
Day 1 
Course Objective
Anatomy & Physiology Test
Respiratory Emergencies (Medical)
Thoracic Trauma
Abdominal Emergencies (Medical & Trauma)
Vital Signs Monitoring
Cause & Type of shock
Unconscious Casualty
Oxygen & Entonox Workshop
Vehicle Extraction Demo
Equipment Familiarisation Station

Day 2
Intermediate Life Support Course
EMT Staff and the Law
Therapeutics used by EMTs

Day 3
Multi-Purpose Ambulance Cot and Carry Chair
Head Trauma
Multi-Trauma Casualty
Trauma Skills Station
Cardiac Rhythm Workshop
Management of Medical Emergencies
Obstetric & Gynaecological Emergencies
Emergency Childbirth
Ambulance Loading & Unloading, Equipment Daily Checks

Day 4
Trauma in Pregnancy
Therapeutics Used by EMTs
Paramedic Assist
Paediatric Emergencies
Paediatric & Child BLS Workshop
Triage & Major Incidents
Thermal Injuries (Burns)
Hypo & Hypothermia

Day 5
Review Period
MCQ & A&P Test
Results & Course Dispersal
 
In-company
This course is also available on an in company basis across the UK for up to 12 delegates
How about asking for assistance from our staff who have a working knowledge of these courses on Freefone 0800 345 7662

 

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Defibrillator

4 hour defibrillator course

Advisory External Defibrillator
Aim
To enable candidates to revise skills of basic life support and competently use an advisory external defibrillator (AED).
 
Risk Assessment
Some areas will require AED training if risk assessment requires

Course Syllabus
Review of Basic Life Support
Practice
Circulatory system overview
How the heart works
Rhythms of the heart
Daily inspection of machine
Safety
Protocols –who, when, why
Placement of pads
Giving a shock
Handover to ambulance crew
Debrief
Practice period
Assessment

In-company
This course is also available on an in company basis across the UK for up to 12 delegates
 
How about asking for assistance from our staff who have a working knowledge of these courses on Freefone 0800 345 7662

 

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