If you’re looking at completing the HLT51020 – Diploma of Emergency Health Care at APC (formerly known as HLT51015 Diploma of Paramedical Science), you may be aware that approximately 80% of the course can be completed online, but there are some hands-on requirements to be completed for the remaining 20%.
As a whole, the Diploma is consistent of 17 units of theory, two five-day Clinical Workshops (WS) and 160 hours of Clinical Placement completed within a relevant pre/out-of-hospital environment. Clinical Workshops can completed NSW, VIC, QLD and WA at our approved facilities, whereas Clinical Placement can be completed through an organisation of your choice, or one of APC’s Partners!
Clinical Workshop 2 builds on the Basic Life Support (BLS) skills learned and honed in Workshop 1, whilst developing Advanced Life Support (ALS) Skills.
The main focus of Clinical Workshop 2 to practise clinical activities in a supportive and nurturing environment, whilst being guided and encouraged by our experienced Trainers and Assessors. This immersive training environment assists students to handling real-life scenarios in a controlled environment before heading out and completing said skillsets during Clinical Placement.
ALS is a set of life-saving protocols and skills that extend beyond BLS) as it is more centred around urgent patient treatment such as cardiac arrest, stroke, myocardial infarction, trauma and other critical conditions. This may seem daunting to hear, but we promise that students are set up for success from day one. A student who is enrolled at APC generally only commences Clinical Workshop 1 around the 12–18-month mark into their course so you will have plenty of time to learn the theory before it’s put into practice at WS2.
Clinical Workshop 2 is completed over five consecutive days and hosted from a Monday through to Friday. Students can expect to enjoy a mix of lectures, interactive skills station activities, ambulance operations, out-in-the-field scenarios (in all weathers) and of course plenty of time to collaborate and share your experiences with fellow students.
Australian Paramedical College hosts Clinical Workshops in NSW, QLD, VIC and WA. Our main campus and head office is located on the beautiful Gold Coast, Queensland. Many of our students prefer to travel to the Gold Coast campus because the facility is purpose-built and equipped with the latest pre-hospital equipment used by on-road Paramedics. and even has its own ambulance simulator (plus two training ambulances).
Learn the difference between Clinical Workshop 1 and Clinical Workshop 2.
These simulated exercises are part of the clinical workshops. View the pre-hospital emergency health care training qualifications we deliver:
HLT31120 – Certificate III in Non-emergency Patient Transport
HLT41120 – Certificate IV in Health Care
HLT51020 – Diploma of Emergency Health Care
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