Paramedic Practice Courses

Overview

Three students administer treatment to a mannequin using the clinical skills facilities. 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.

You can also combine training in nursing and paramedic practice and gain eligibility to register as both a qualified adult nurse and paramedic on our MSci Nurse Paramedic (Adult). On this four-year course, two years are primarily delivered at Edge Hill University and two years at St James’ in Manchester, complemented by extensive placement and simulated learning opportunities.

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Courses

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

In addition to the above degrees 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

A student paramedic practices checking the blood pressure of one of her peers.

Paramedic Practice is delivered primarily at St James’ in central Manchester, while our Nurse Paramedic programme is split between St James’ and Edge Hill University.

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.

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.

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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 and Virtual Events

The ambulance simulator which forms part of the clinical skills facilities at St James' in Manchester. If you are considering studying at Edge Hill University, the best way we usually recommend to gain an insight into the student experience is to attend either an open day at Edge Hill University or a drop-in afternoon at St James’ in Manchester.

Our October and November 2020 open days are going virtual. We will ensure that you can still discover everything that Edge Hill University has to offer and get answers to all of your questions. You will be able to find out more about paramedic practice and the University through a series of online activities.

We are continuing to take bookings for drop-in afternoons at St James’ in Manchester while monitoring government advice regarding events. We will communicate all key information to anyone who books to attend.

Book your place at a virtual open day

View Manchester drop-in afternoon dates and book your place