Certificate in Pre Paramedic Studies
Course Description:
This one-year full-time course offers you the ideal grounding in the skills and knowledge needed to embark on a career in the paramedic or healthcare fields.
This course is designed to introduce learners to the challenges and opportunities of working in emergency services. If you want an exciting and challenging practical course that can lead to a career in the emergency services, this course is for you. Before starting the course, it is advisable to work towards obtaining a Driving Licence
as this will enhance your employment prospects
Course Details:
- Full Time
- 1 Year, September to May
- Community Health Services (QQI Level 5 Certificate) (5M4468)
- Contact: Fintan Walsh , email fiwalsh@loetb.ie
• Care Support
• Teamworking
• Work Experience
• Care Skills
• Emergency Department Care Skills
• Human Growth and Development
• Nursing Theory and Practice
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Safety & Health at Work
• First Aid Response
Additional Training/Courses:
• First Aid Responder (FAR)
• Manual Handling
• Paramedic Skills Back Slabbing
• Emergency Medical Training
Modules are subject to change.
Leaving Certificate , QQI Level 4 or equivalent standard of education. All applicants subject to interview and online assessment
This course will take place in the Abbeyleix Road Campus R32 F5T6
€50 Certification Fee. Medical Card holders or those in receipt of a social welfare payment are exempt from this fee
This course is recognised as a QQI progression route into a range of courses in higher education including, but not limited to the following. Please note, some courses
may have additional entry requirements.
University of Limerick (UL)
• LM103 Paramedic Studies (Level 8)**
University College Cork (UCC):
• CK708 Paramedicine*
St Patricks College, Carlow:
• PC404 Applied Social Studies Professional Social Care (Level 7)
Technological University of the Shannon (TUS)
• US661 Dental Nursing, (Athlone) (Level 6)
• US730 Applied Biology, (Limerick) (Level 7)
• US735 Medical Technology, (Limerick) (Level 7)
This qualification enables graduates to work in nursing homes, daycare centers, and residential homes or as agency care workers within the community
This course also meets the QQI entry requirements for the Student Paramedic BSc Honours degree with the National Ambulance Service College. Information
on this programme is available on www. nationalambulanceservice.ie. Applications to this programme are advertised on Jobs – HSE.ie