COURSE: NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN EMERGENCY MEDICAL ...

Graduates are qualified for professional registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa as an Emergency Care Practitioner (Paramedic). Students are equipped to become competent in providing pre-hospital emergency care to the critically ill or injured patient. They receive training in basic, intermediate and advanced techniques in order to provide advanced life support.

Type: Undergraduate diploma

Duration: full time 3 years

Compulsory Subjects

First Year Subjects:

• Emergency Medical Care


• Medical rescue


• Emergency service technology


• Anatomy and physiology


• Basic sciences

Second Year Subjects:

• Emergency Medical Care


• Medical rescue


• Psycho-psychiatric emergency care


• Emergency service communication


• Primary health care


• Physiology

Third Year Subjects:

• Emergency Medical Care


• Medical rescue


• Primary health care


• Emergency service administration


• Pharmacology


• General pathology

Careers: Emergency Rescue Official.

Source: www.cput.ac.za

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