Paramedic Practice Course

Overview

Three Paramedic students practice their skills on a mannequin lying on the floor outside the ambulance simulator at St James' in Manchester.

Delivered in collaboration with the North West Ambulance Service and accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council, our Paramedic Practice degree enables you to train for a career providing urgent and emergency care to service users outside of the hospital environment.

You will gain practical experience in our immersive simulation suite and undertake frontline placements with emergency ambulance crews.

The programme is taught primarily at St James’, our Manchester city centre location, with placements across Greater Manchester and the North West of England.

Courses

Two students perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a mannequin in the ambulance simulator.

BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice

In addition to the above degree which enables you to train as a paramedic, we also offer a professional development programme for qualified paramedics.

BSc (Hons) Clinical and Professional Paramedic Practice

Facilities

Three students administer treatment to a mannequin using the clinical skills facilities. Paramedic Practice is delivered primarily at St James’ in central Manchester.

St James’ provides an extensive modern clinical simulation suite including a mock operating theatre, ambulance simulator and clinical skills stations. A 3D immersive simulation suite enables you to practice clinical scenarios in a realistic, supportive and safe environment.

Approximately three weeks is also spent at the Edge Hill University campus when focusing on particular specialist subjects, such as counselling and maternity care. The clinical skills facilities at Edge Hill University include ward simulations and operating theatres with industry standard equipment, as well as robot-style mannequins that can simulate a wide range of symptoms, from pregnancy to a temperature.

Gallery

Ambulance simulator in the clinical simulation suite.

Ambulance simulator and clinical skills stations in the clinical simulation suite.

Looking from outside the ambulance simulation suite through the open rear doors.

Trainee paramedics administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a mannequin in the ambulance simulator.

Trainee paramedics administer fluid to a mannequin's head in the clinical skills simulation suite.

Panoramic shot of the clinical skills facilities at St James'.

Four students stand around clinical skills stations adjacent to the ambulance simulator.

Students practice their skills using the clinical skills facilities.

A mannequin is wheeled into the ambulance simulator.

A trainee paramedic carrying a holdall closes an overhead compartment in the ambulance simulator.

Three Paramedic students practice their skills on a mannequin lying on the floor outside the ambulance simulator at St James' in Manchester.

A patient wrapped in a warm blanket is wheeled towards the ambulance simulator.

A mannequin is wheeled on a trolley towards the ambulance simulator by two trainee paramedics while a third prepares to apply a drip.

A mannequin on a trolley is loaded into the ambulance simulator.

A mannequin lying on the floor in the clinical skills simulation suite.

Mannequins lie on beds in the simulation of a hospital ward.

Trainee paramedic students attend a lecture at St James'.

A lecturer addresses trainee paramedic students.

Open Days

The ambulance simulator which forms part of the clinical skills facilities at St James' in Manchester. If you are considering studying Paramedic Practice at Edge Hill University, the best way to gain an insight into the student experience is to attend an open event at St James’ in Manchester.

You can visit our Oxford Street site, talk to tutors, chat to current students, attend a subject presentation to find out more about training to work as a paramedic, and take a tour of the clinical skills simulation suite.

These events are a great opportunity to view the facilities and find out more about training to work as a paramedic.

View Manchester open event dates and book your place