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Become a Paramedicwith Ambulance

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What is a Paramedic?

> A health care professional with

specialised training to respond to

medical emergencies and provide

patient care.

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What does a Paramedic do?

> Responding to triple zero calls and providing emergency medical assistance is a paramedic’s primary responsibility

> Paramedics are trained to be first responders > Assess the scene for safety issues > Determine how to treat or stabilise the patient’s

condition until they can get to a hospital> When they arrive at the emergency room at a hospital,

they conduct a handover to ER nurses and doctors> What types of injuries do they treat?

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What can the Paramedic do?

> When the paramedic has worked out what is wrong with the patient, they use their skills to help stabilise the situation

> Air way management > Ventilation of patients > Basic life support – eg CPR > Managing blood loss> Pain management> Drug therapy > Spinal injury management > Fracture management > Assisting with childbirth, obstetric emergencies> Management of burns

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Day in the Life

> Shift work (day shifts and night shifts)> Work with another paramedic (take turns in

treating patients and in driving)> Work with a range of people during the day

(control centre operators, patient transport, nurses, doctors, police and other emergency services)

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Interesting Places Paramedics work

> On the road side> In the city> Out and about> Major events> Construction sites> At the airport> NSW has different areas: the beaches, regional cities,

rural towns, snow and alpine areas.

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Our services to the people of NSW?

> Aero-medical Retrieval - Fixed Wing and Helicopter> Patient Transport > Motorcycle (Paramedic Specialists)> Special Casualty Access Teams > Snow Operations > Paramedic Specialists> Emergency Transport > Triple 0 Operations co-ordinating responses > Special Operations and Counter Disaster.

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Career Pathways> Clinical: Paramedics, Paramedic

Specialists – Intensive Care or Extended Care, SCAT & Special Operations, Education, Ambulance Research Institute, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality

> Non-Clinical: Control Centres (call takers)

> Management: Team Leader, Station Manager, District Manager, Divisional Management team

> Corporate: Health Management, Workforce, Public Affairs.

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Training to become a Paramedic

> Enrol at university for either the 2 year or 3 year degree (one course is an accelerated program)

> 5 weeks at Ambulance Education Centre (Rozelle, Sydney)

> 30 weeks on road experience / with clinical mentor > In-service 2 - final 3 weeks at Ambulance Education

Centre = become a qualified Paramedic

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Recruitment Stages

> Application with good Driving Record

> Testing for occupational suitability

> Interview> Health Assessments > Vaccinations> Working With Children Check > Referee and Conduct &

Service Check

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Conditions of Employment

> Base starting salary $903 per week > Plus shift penalties (Trainees can earn $60K)> Shift work based on 38 hours per week > Roster cycle of rotated shifts over weekdays,

weekends and public holidays> Maximum shift length 12 hours > Uniforms provided > Six weeks annual leave after 12 months employment

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University Entry

> A degree in Paramedic practice

> Charles Sturt University – Bathurst

> University of Tasmania - Sydney

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How to Enrol to Study a Paramedic Degree

> Visit the University Admissions Centre website and apply on-line at;

www.uac.edu.au

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Further Information

> If you would like to know more about being a Paramedic more information is available at

www.csu.edu.au/study/science-courses/paramedic/

www.utas.edu.au

www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au