COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL ...

A student in Emergency Medical Care must register with the Professional Board for Emergency Care Personnel in terms of the rules and regulations of the Medical, Dental and Supplementary Health Services Professions Act (Act 56 of 1974) and the subsequent amendments pertaining to emergency care personnel, as approved.  Experiential training will be done at approved units identified by the Central University of Technology, Free State and the Professional Board for Emergency Care Personnel.

Type: undergraduate diploma

Duration: 3 year full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Anatomy and physiology


• Basic science


• Medical rescue


• Emergency medical care


• Emergency service technology

Second year subjects:

• Emergency service communication


• General pathology


• Psycho-psychiatric emergency care


• Primary health care


• Medical rescue


• Emergency medical care

Third year subjects:

• Emergency service administration


• Pharmacology


• Primary health care


• Medical rescue


• Emergency medical care

Careers: emergency officer, medical officer.

Source: www.cut.ac.za

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