To develop skills and attitudes that will enable the student to demonstrate professional conduct and to achieve clinical competence in the care, monitoring and support of service users and their families during clinical practice.
To understand the need for evidencing clinical skills and to record the acquisition of competences in a clinical skills portfolio.
Outline Syllabus
Basic airway management
Basic Life Support (BLS)for all age ranges
Moving and Handling
Equality and Diversity
Conflict resolution techniques
Communication skills
Infection control
Clinical record keeping and information governance
Structure and function of ambulance services
Safe and competent use of clinical equipment
Safe and competent use of communications equipment
Basic patient assessment
Familiarisation with ambulance equipment and layout
Concepts of personal safety and the use of personal protective equipment