Paramedicine

Paramedicine

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  • COMMONWEALTH SUPPORTED COURSE
Bachelor of Paramedicine

Make prompt vital decisions and deliver primary, urgent and/or emergency health care to people in challenging and dynamic environments. You’ll develop critical-thinking skills, robust healthcare assessment and analysis techniques, and the ability to make appropriately informed decisions. Graduate with real-world clinical experience in emergency and non-emergency out-of-hospital settings.

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Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Paramedicine

In just four years, you can become both a professional nurse and a paramedic. You’ll be equipped to deliver compassionate and calming primary, urgent and emergency health care in and out of hospital environments. Situation-based learning and a variety of clinical placements ensure you’ll graduate ready for the workplace.

Undergraduate, Domestic
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Bachelor of Paramedicine (Honours)

A one-year degree for high-achieving students who have already completed the Bachelor of Paramedicine or equivalent degree.

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Doctor of Philosophy

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is awarded for high-level research and, as such, it is expected that candidates will make a substantial contribution to knowledge in their chosen field, as well as display an appreciation and understanding of the relationship of their own research investigation within a wider field of knowledge.

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Master of Philosophy

The Master of Philosophy (MPhil) is a research degree in a field covered by the University, including theology and philosophy, and is assessed on the basis of a written thesis.

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Career outcomes

Our paramedicine graduates have pursued careers as:

  • paramedics
  • team leaders
  • first aid instructors
  • paramedic instructors
  • clinical support officers
  • field technical specialists
  • advanced life support paramedics
  • mobile intensive care paramedics
  • ambulance community officers
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About paramedicine

Make vital decisions in moments and help people in their day-to-day lives. Paramedics are emergency and non-emergency specialists who work outside the hospital, helping patients in times of need and safely transporting them to care. You’ll manage patients with complex physical and mental health needs and provide medical assessment, treatment and care. Study paramedicine as a pathway to work in state ambulance services or with private paramedic employers such as the mining industry, event medical services and health clinics. Your career will make a difference every single day – and might even save lives.

Not all lights and sirens

There can be more to paramedicine than responding to emergencies. Paramedics are registered health professionals through the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA), with a broad understanding of injury, illness, health states and the health system. While part of the job may be responding to life-threatening emergencies like cardiac arrests and traffic crashes, you’ll also get the opportunity to help people in their day-to-day lives, for example attending to the elderly and helping in the community.

More than the nine to five

No two days are the same for a paramedic. Learn to problem solve and adjust your approach on the go so you can bring a sense of calm to chaotic environments. You can also help people find the best solution for their health needs, for example by navigating patients with less severe injuries or illnesses away from hospital emergency towards better options for them.

Attitude and aptitude

Are you empathetic, non-judgemental and passionate about helping people? Can you stay calm in stressful situations? Paramedics are proficient in using their clinical skills and performing procedures in uncontrolled environments. You’ll make the right decision quickly and independently, and put people at ease with good community skills and an understanding of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology.

Broaden your horizons

Undertake a range of emergency professional experience opportunities in settings such as ambulances and hospitals, clinical practices or simulated environments. You may also be eligible to complete part of your degree overseas, such as healthcare ethics at our Rome Campus, or an immersive community engagement project in an overseas country, such as assisting an ambulance service in Timor Leste. Once you’ve graduated you can choose to work overseas as a paramedic in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand.

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