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Lifeline Ambulance Service Education

Lifeline Ambulance Service Education is a unique educational body delivering education in the pre hospital environment. As Lifeline is a fully operational ambulance service it offers students a holistic approach to their development with the educational syllabus as only one element of the journey. The other elements are in relation to, personnel development and knowledge of the system, that is required to ensure that the patient gets an appropriate response and also the safe treatment they need.

As we are fully operational ambulance service, access to an ambulance control environment coupled with the access to patient contact on a responding ambulance is available to all our students and is a unique feature we offer. This blended approach ensures the student develops a complete understanding of all the aspects of the systems approach to service and care delivery.

Lifeline Ambulance Service Education is the leading provider of the Emergency Medical Technician course in Ireland with 16 years’ experience delivering the Pre Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology (NQEMT) course to members of the public and private organisations.

Our students have an excellent success rate at examinations with a combined success rate of over 90% at the first sitting.

Who is this course for?

This EMT course is ideal for those who wish to pursue a career in pre hospital care. When our students pass their PHECC NQEMT exams they then apply to PHECC for an EMT practitioner’s license and are listed on the national practitioner’s register. Once registered, the practitioners are then qualified to apply to work as an EMT in Ireland, with either the private sector, with Lifeline Ambulance Service or others, or the state sector.

Entry Criteria

Candidates must be at least 18 years of age to register for this course.

Duration

The EMT course takes place over at least 4 weeks theoretical instruction and an additional 39 hours/4-day clinical instruction supernumerary on clinical placement.

Modules

  • Manual Handling & Patient Moving
  • Primary survey
  • Secondary Survey
  • Airway and ventilation
  • Respiratory emergencies
  • Cardiac first response
  • General medical emergencies
  • Bleeding, shock and soft tissue injuries
  • Musculoskeletal, head and spinal injuries
  • Childbirth and neonatal resuscitation
  • Paediatrics
  • Legislation and Information management
  • Communications
  • Basic patient care
  • Gaining access to the patient at scene
  • Professional practice and medico legal issues concerning the EMT
  • Patient safety and Quality assurance
  • Clinical anatomy and physiology
  • Pharmacology
  • Infection prevention and control
  • Intramuscular injection
  • Radio communications
  • Hazardous material incident
  • Major Emergency
  • Civil disorder
  • Continuum of pre-hospital emergency care
  • Continuous professional competence
  • The well-being of the EMT

Clinical Placement

Clinical placement is a period of EMT training the purpose of which is to facilitate and empower students to observe and acquire actual patient care experience. During this period students will integrate the theory and clinical skills learned during the theoretical instruction with the reality of patient care. EMT students are not on the register during this supernumerary period and their scope of practice and role is restricted to clinical observer. Placements will be arranged with Lifeline Ambulance Service.

Certification

On successful completion of the EMT course and assessment, participants will receive NQEMT certificate. NQEMT certificates will be awarded to successful candidates within twenty-eight (28) business days of the results being issued. Holders of the NQEMT are eligible to apply to PHECC for entry onto the PHECC Register at their appropriate level. The PHECC register is the national professional register of practitioners
who are licensed to practice at their appropriate level. Membership of the PHECC Register is evidence that the practitioner has achieved the academic standard required, complies with a professional code of conduct and ethics and is subject to fitness to practice provisions in the
interest of protecting the public and the profession. Practitioners also undertake to maintain and develop their competency through Continuing Professional Competency (CPC).

Assessment

To be awarded the NQEMT at EMT level a candidate must successfully complete a two-component
examination:
1) NQEMT – EMT Assessment: Multiple Choice Question (MCQ) computer-based examination and
2) a practical skills assessment: Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE).
Please refer to the NQEMT Examination Handbook made available by PHECC, this can be accessed on
Moodle and also on the PHECC website on the following link: Click here.

Course participants will take the National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology
(NQEMT) –EMT exams at the end of their EMT course.
Lifeline will in parallel assess students continuously throughout the course in accordance with
in-house assessment schedule.

Extras

Bootcamp – All students have the opportunity to attend a 2-day bootcamp with experienced faculty members before undertaking OSCE exams. This bootcamp helps students to refresh their skills and to familiarise themselves with the equipment. There is no additional fee for this
invaluable service.
EMT Kitbag (to include blood pressure cuff, stethoscope, penlight, shears, face shield)
EMT Textbook
EMT Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG’s)
Field Guide
2x Lifeline student polo shirts & ID badge for Clinical Placemet

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