Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Certificate of Higher Education - CertHE

This one-year course, run in partnership with the South Western Ambulance Service, provides a unique opportunity to enter the ambulance service and will help you gain access to a paramedic career pathway. \
You will be taught by both university academic staff and experienced paramedics from a range of clinical backgrounds, with teaching delivered both online and face-to-face at Wiltshire Air Ambulance base. This blended learning provides flexibility, allowing you to fit your learning around other responsibilities, such as caring duties. \
Our expert academics will support you throughout the course, and you will join a close-knit community of students. \
As well as your academic training, you will gain real-world experience of pre-hospital emergency care through placements with the South Western Ambulance Service in Bristol, Wiltshire, Somerset, or Dorset. \
To prepare you for employment within the ambulance service, you will also complete blue light training (the emergency driving qualification) as part of the course.