Paramedicine Major - Bachelor of Health Science
Allied Health
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AUT
Prepare for a career as a paramedic with New Zealand’s only university degree in paramedicine. Includes 1,000 hours of clinical placement and focuses on both theory and practice within emergency, community, and primary healthcare contexts.
Blended study
This is a mix of online learning & face-to-face sessions
Available in 2 locations
It will take a total of 3 years
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Apply evidence-based paramedicine knowledge and practice
Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of paramedic principles and evidence-based care in emergency, pre-hospital and out-of-hospital environments.
Deliver effective patient care in diverse settings
Provide safe, effective, and person-centred care across emergency, community, and primary healthcare contexts, including complex and remote environments.
Demonstrate clinical reasoning and decision-making
Exercise sound clinical judgment when making complex and critical decisions in varied and challenging situations.
What You're Signing Up For
Study the Paramedicine major in AUT's Bachelor of Health Science to become a paramedic. You'll develop the knowledge and hands-on skills needed to provide high-level pre-hospital and out-of-hospital emergency care. The programme features extensive clinical placements, exposure to diverse healthcare environments, and learning from practising professionals in paramedicine and emergency services. Graduates meet the requirements to apply for paramedic registration in New Zealand and in several overseas jurisdictions.
Course Content
- Lifespan development and communication
- Human anatomy and physiology I & II
- Knowledge, enquiry and communication
- Health and environment or Hauora Māori
- Pathology and pathophysiology
- Introduction to paramedic practice
- Professional frameworks for paramedic practice
- Clinical assessment and diagnosis
- Clinical practice I & II
- Ambulance operations
- Cardiology
- Haemodynamics in the acute patient
- Pharmacology for professional practice
- Health law and policy
- Paramedic primary health care
- Intermediate Life Support
- Unique population management
- Applied mental health and wellbeing
- Clinical risk reduction
- Integrated clinical practice
- Clinical reasoning
- Approx. 1,000 hours of clinical placement in various healthcare environments
What you need to know first
University Entrance or equivalent
Full clean driver's licence
Good level of physical fitness
Applicants with relevant ambulance, nursing or military qualifications may be eligible for Recognition of Prior Learning
What sort of industry will this job lead to
Ambulance services
Emergency healthcare
Primary healthcare
Rescue services
Future employment opportunities might be
Paramedic (ambulance or helicopter rescue)
Critical care paramedic
Extended care paramedic
Events paramedic
Remote/industrial paramedic
Specialist emergency response team member
Urban search and rescue paramedic
Patient transfer/transport services
Ski-field medic
Superyacht/cruise ship paramedic
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