Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic)

Become an Ambulance Officer

CSU's Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) provides a pathway to working in emergency care and paramedic areas as a qualified ambulance officer.

CSU's Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) offers you a rewarding, fast-paced career that makes a difference to people's lives. You will acquire the knowledge and skills to work as a qualified paramedic in emergency care settings in any state of Australia and overseas.
Students may elect to exit the course following successful completion of the first two years of full-time study or three years of distance education study with the award Associate Degree in Clinical Practice (Paramedic).

Full-time students may be eligible for employment with an ambulance service after two years' full-time study and may then continue to study externally to receive their Bachelor degree. The course is also available by distance education to students already employed as qualified paramedics or medics in the Army, Navy or Air Force.

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What will I learn?

Students develop skills in clinical procedures such as advanced cardiac life support, ECG analysis and management, airway management including endotracheal intubation, laryngeal mask airways, cricothyrotomy, and percutaneous transtracheal ventilation. Advanced life support for paediatric patients is also covered. Students learn the principles and techniques of major incident prevention, preparedness, response and recovery and gain experience in major incident medical response principles through participation in a field exercise.

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Workplace learning

Clinical placements in appropriate healthcare settings are undertaken as internal students are placed with an ambulance service for 240 hours during the course. Distance education students conduct clinical placement in hospitals and are supervised in the emergency department, theatre and other critical care settings.

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Credit

Credit for prior learning and credit for current competencies will be granted to eligible applicants.

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Course duration

3 years full-time on campus, 4.5 years distance education

Academic expectations

For each 8 point subject at CSU, students should normally expect to spend between 140-160 hours engaged in the specified learning and assessment activities (such as attending lectures or residential schools, assigned readings, tutorial assistance, individual or group research/study, forum activity, workplace learning, assignments or examinations). The student workload for some subjects may vary from these norms as a result of approved course design.

Students will be assessed on the basis of completed assignments, examinations, workplace learning, or other methods as outlined in specific subject outlines.

Where applicable, students are responsible for travel and accommodation costs involved in workplace learning experiences, or attending residential schools (distance education students).

Expectations relating to academic, workplace learning, time and cost requirements for specific subjects are provided in the subject outlines and in course materials.