Emergency Healthcare Technician

About
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Objectives
Internships
Modules
Career opportunities

About

These post-compulsory program trains students to transfer patients, provide basic health and psychological care in the pre-hospital environment, carry out remote care and collaborate in the organization and development of emergency plans, predictable risk devices and health logistics in an emergency, individual or collective.

The duration is 2,000 hours (1,485 in class and 515 in internships) divided in two academic years.

Access

People having some of the following requirements can access directly to the program:

Have the high school diploma or equivalent
Having passed the specific course to access the Vocational Training (VET)
Have a technician or assistant technician diploma
Have other equivalent studies for academic purposes
Having passed the university entrance test for over 25 years
Having passed the compulsory modules of an initial professional qualification program (PQPI)
Have a diploma to access a Higher Education Certificate program.

People not having any of the aforementioned requirements must pass an entrance test. In order to attend the exam you must be aged 17 years old the year of the test.

Objectives

The student of the Vocational Training in Healthcare Emergencies will develop the following competences:

Mobilization and immobilization techniques as well as driving to evacuate the patient or victim to the health centre through a safe and professional transfer and a prevention and safety protocol.
Basic and advanced life support techniques for patients in health emergency situations.
Support to medical and nursing staff in the provision of their service, and following the instructions of the responsible health superior.
Control and management of hygienic and operational conditions of the sanitary vehicle.
Participation in the team responsible for developing, executing and evaluating emergency plans, risk maps and risk devices.
Within the field of its competence, problem solving and decision-making according to the procedure established for special emergency situations.
Management of his professional career, analysing work and learning opportunities.
Creation and management of a small business, carrying out feasibility studies, planning and marketing.
Relate possible pathologies by analysing intervention procedures to evacuate victims safely.
Analyse the driving techniques in adverse conditions and with patients with different pathologies, identifying the organic repercussions that an inappropriate transfer can have on health, to evacuate the patient or victim.

Internships

Currently, internships are carried out at the SEM (Medical Emergency System of the Generalitat of Catalonia), private ambulance centers, and other reference centers at the national level.

Modules

MP1: Preventive Mechanical Maintenance of the Vehicle (66 hours) – 1st course
MP2: Health Logistics in Emergencies (99 hours) – 1st course
MP3: Sanitary Provisioning (165 hours) – 1st course
MP4: Initial Health Care in Emergency Situations (198 hours) – 1st course
MP5: Special Health Care in Emergency Situations (264 hours) – 2nd course
MP6: Evacuation and Transfer of Patients (284 hours) – 1st course
MP7: Psychological support in Emergency Situations (66 hours) – 2nd course
MP8: Emergency Plans and Foreseeable risk Devices (66 hours) – 1st course
MP9: Tele-emergencies (66 hours) – 1st course
MP10: Basic Anatomophysiology and Pathology (99 hours) – 1st course
MP11: Personal Itinerary for Employability I (99 hours) – 1st course
MP12: Personal Itinerary for Employability II (66 hours) – 2nd course
MP13: Professional English (66 hours) – 2nd course
MP14: Intermodular Project (198 hours) – 2nd course
MP15: Sustainability Applied to the Productive System (33 hours) – 1st course
MP16: Catalan/Aranese Professional (66 hours) – 2nd course
MP17: Digitalization Applied to the Productive Sectors (33 hours) – 2nd course
MP18: Optional Professional Module (66 hours) – 2nd course

Career opportunities

Which career opportunities does the VET in Emergency Healthcare offer you?

This training gives access to the working world as:

Technician in sanitary transport
Emergency healthcare technician
Operator of remote care or in emergency coordination centres.

Do you want to continue studying?

After the corresponding entrance test, you can access the Higher Education Certificate programs or the Secondary Education studies.

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