BSc (Hons) - Paramedic Science
You’re resilient and a great communicator. You have a passion to help your local community. You thrive in the unknown and in emergency situations. We can provide specialist training to begin your career as a fully qualified paramedic. Your degree will allow you to practise as a safe and competent paramedic. We will continue to support you after graduation, with continuing professional development and postgraduate courses.
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Course Overview
You'll receive access to our modern facilities including a simulated ambulance, a mock hospital ward and a mock patient residence. All equipment is based at the Lancaster campus and is geared up for a truly unique experience for paramedical science and the ‘real-life’ scenes that aid your development as a professional. Our major incident day gives you the opportunity of working with policing and forensic student’s to deal with a series of realistic crimes. You'll have the unique opportunity of studying elements of traumatic jobs in the real world with actors and realistic scenarios to develop quick thinking and essential lifesaving skills. You will spend time learning on campus alongside engaging and working with the ambulance service whilst on placement, allowing you to use your theoretical learning in practical scenarios.
On this course you will...
- Receive supportive teaching from tutors within a close-knit learning community.
- Be taught by a diverse teaching faculty, with an abundance of practice experience and individual practice expertise.
- Experience a variety of learning methods, utilising the excellent paramedic facilities on campus.
- Undertake a second year 'rural paramedicine' module, developing your ability to manage patients for longer periods of time.
- Discover the contemporary programme, designed to develop you to be prepared for practice in the ambulance service setting.
What our students and alumni say
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The moment I met my mentor and attended my first ever job I knew that I had picked the right course for me. This has only been solidified with every placement hour I have completed!
Heather Dowell, Paramedic Science
After working as a carer throughout the pandemic Heather realised she wanted to work in healthcare, the diversity of paramedic science appealed to her.
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I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of the course, and I am very grateful to all the lecturing staff who were fundamental in my development. The lecturing staff are extremely knowledgeable, and up to date with contemporary practice. My tutors did not only support my academic work but my personal development too.
Amelia Murphy
Former student Amelia found the practical aspects of the course including the major incident day invaluable in helping her put learning into practice when she was studying.
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Lancaster Campus
Lancaster is the Red Rose heartland, a student haven full of history and culture. With iconic stone architecture, parkland, and a caring community, this is the place to get involved. The campus houses top-quality facilities tailored to the needs of life-savers, world changers, and future leaders.
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