Emergency Healthcare Technician

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 (1,617 in class and 383 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

• SEM (Emergency System of the Generalitat de Catalunya)
• Public and private ambulance services

Modules

M1 Preventive mechanical maintenance of the vehicle (66 hours)
M2: Sanitary logistics in emergencies (99 hours)
M3: Health provision in emergencies (132 hours)
M4: Basic health care in emergencies (132 hours)
M5: Specific health care in emergencies (330 hours)
M6: Evacuation and patients transfer (198 hours)
M7: Psychological support in emergencies (66 hours)
M8: Emergency plans and predictable risk devices (66 hours)
M9: Remote emergency (66 hours)
M10: Basic anatomophysiology and pathology (132 hours)
M11: Professional training and career guidance (99 hours)
M12: Business and entrepreneurship (66 hours)
M13: Technical English (99 hours)
M14: Synthesis (66 hours)
M15: Internships (383 hours)

Career opportunities

Pre-registration

Pre-enrollment: from 20^th February to 30^th June, 2023
Enrollment: Waiting for official dates from the Education’s Department.

We remind you that the booking of a place will only be understood to have been made once the payment of 315,00 € has been validated, which must be made to the account number that you will find specified in the last section of the pre-enrollment form. It is very important that once you do the bank transfer, you write the name and surname of the student and the name of the formative cycle to which he/she is pre-registering.

The confirmation of place, which will be made via email, will be communicated from the date of the end of the pre-enrollment period (30th June), based on the date of pre-enrollment and payment and according to the criteria set out above. Exceptions will be made for students placed in third preference for admission to higher education, who will receive confirmation of their place the last week of July.

You can do it through this link:

– HIGHER EDUCATION CERTIFICATES
– VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING

For any doubt, you can contact us by:

• Web: www.euses.cat
• Telephone: 972 405 130
• WhatsApp: 646 79 67 37
• Mail: ciclesformatius@euses.cat / promocio@euses.cat