Graduate Certificate of Critical Care Paramedicine
Online, Australia
Graduate Certificate
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
AUD 17,700 / per year
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
About: The Graduate Certificate of Critical Care Paramedicine at Edith Cowan University (ECU) gives paramedics advanced clinical knowledge and skills for critical care practice. It focuses on pathophysiology, assessment and management of cardiac, medical and obstetric patients in acute emergency settings. You'll learn evidence-based practice and advanced-level clinical techniques to improve daily paramedic practice, influence your organization and contribute to the broader paramedicine community.
Career Outcomes: Graduates will be well-placed to take on clinical leadership challenges in paramedicine and pursue roles such as Critical care paramedic, Intensive care paramedic, Paramedic, and Extended care paramedic. You may also work in education.
Designed to provide the paramedic with the necessary knowledge and skills for a career in critical care Paramedicine.
The course focuses on the clinical issues directly related to practice, and develops a greater depth of understanding of the pathophysiology, assessment, and management of cardiac, medical, and obstetric patients in the acute emergency setting.
Students will learn advanced-level clinical knowledge to apply to their daily paramedic practice, while at the same time learning advanced skills in evidence-based practice.
The combination of advanced clinical knowledge and skills provides students with the ability to continuously improve their own clinical practice, as well as have an impact on the organisation they are employed by and the broader Paramedicine community.
- Advanced Cardiac Studies
- Advanced Medical Studies
- Advanced Obstetrics for Paramedics
- Paediatrics for Critical Care Paramedics
- Retrieval Medicine
- Communicate specialised medical and paramedical knowledge, research principles and methods to demonstrate a high level of critical care Paramedicine.
- Apply cognitive, technical, and creative skills to investigate and evaluate complex ideas, concepts, and theories in critical care paramedical contexts.
- Use self-management skills to initiate, appraise, and operate in complex critical care professional environments.
Graduates of this program will be well-placed to take on the clinical leadership challenges of Paramedicine.
Possible future job titles:
- Critical care paramedic
- Intensive care paramedic
- Paramedic
- Extended care paramedic