In developing countries, one of the most common problem is about health care system. Besides, problems with the health care system in developed countries, are solved by well-trained manpower.Nowadays in Turkey, drastic changes are made for the development of emergency medical services. The most important of these changes is to ensure a well-equipped ambulance service. In order to give a quality ambulance service, fully equipped health workers are needed.The aim of this program is to educate First and Emergency Aid Technicians who can give treatment and care service at first sight during an illness or accident and transport the patient or the injured person with an equipped ambulance to the hospital.
The duration of this program is 2 years. In addition to theoretical and practical classes, students will do a summer internship applications for 30 days in the 4th semester.
Our goal; students who graduate from this program can be used the professional knowledge and skills in line with innovations in medicine, communicate effectively, which can be grown as an individual is suitable for teamwork.
In the field of health; prepared in accordance with international professional degree programs through educational, scientific, technological, in line with contemporary values, equipped with superior knowledge and skills, pre-hospital emergency medical services, basic and advanced life support for injured patients andcapable of all kinds of appropriate emergency management system can recognize the trauma of the firstinterventions were sick or injured people to hospitals by ambulance in a safe manner that would enable the technician to educate health care.
Using advanced training techniques that can compete on a national and international level, achieving the standards of education, national and internationally respected, preferred to changing conditions, can adapt, problem solving skills with a productive environment with efficient can be contacted, team work, capable social requirements in accordance with the professional qualification and the country responsible to knowing the health technician in the training of a leader and pioneer in an educational institution is to be.
Emergency Medical Technician of the Health Professions High School Emergency and First Aid Program, according to the YGS-2 score results will be taken by the central placement of students by OSYM.
The aim of the program is to train qualtified healtht technicians who are able to give basic and advanced life support to the patients and sufferers at the period of pre- hospital ,and identify the possible critic cases, and apply emergency care, and transport the patients and the wounded who are given the first aid to the hospital with an ambulance. The program’s period of study is four semesters ( inculiding internship ) an internship is made at the end of the two semesters.
| No | Program Requirements |
|---|---|
| 1 | Be fluent in a foreign language, read and understand technical documents written in a foreign language required in their profession, and communicate in written or oral form using a foreign language at a level required in their profession. |
| 2 | Have a basic knowledge of computers and use professional software and hardware in health services, and use office applications to send and respond to e-mails, prepare basic spreadsheets and prepare presentations. |
| 3 | Have a sound knowledge of Turkish language, read and understand formal and technical documents in Turkish, and write documents in Turkish when necessary. |
| 4 | Have proper knowledge about the history of the Republic of Turkey and Atatürkist ideology, and think in a modern and scientific way in line with Atatürk’s principles and Reforms. |
| 5 | First and access to basic scientific knowledge in the Emergency Area, has the knowledge and skills evaluation and implementation. |
| 6 | Disorders affecting patients of all ages and knows aspects of injury requiring immediate attention. |
| 7 | Has the skills needed for diagnosis and treatment of emergency. |
| 8 | Adopting humanistic and holistic care approaches. |
| 9 | Be aware of social, scientific and professional ethical values. |
| 10 | It adopts the teamwork involved in emergency health care unit where. |
| 11 | Establish effective and successful communication with patients and families in critical situations. |
| 12 | Patient and give proper ambulance service to the wounded. |
The graduates work as ‘ paramedics ‘in public and private health institutions and organizations. The graduates work mainly fort he units which give emergency health services of health services of health instutions and other instutions and organizations. Employment fields are the Emergency Services, 112 Emergency Stations, 112 Command Control Centres, Privates Ambulance Services etc. Of the public and private with/ without beds health institutions and organizations under the Health Ministry. They can be appointed as Paramedics ( Health Tecnicians ) in accordance with the Public Personal Selection Examination.( KPSS).
The students of First Aid and Emergency program can be transferred to the undergraduate programs of "Emergency Service and Disaster Management", "Nursing Care", and "Nursing and Health Services" via the External Transfer Examination (DGS).
Curriculum,
contemporary first and Urgent Care is designed to provide the fundamentals of
technician. Our first year courses mainly including compulsory courses for
students with different levels of information to bring the same level of
information mainly anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, medical terminology
course provides. The program's aim of pre-hospital care that defines the legal
authority and responsibility within the framework could, the sick and wounded
in hospital based treatment is made in the period up life-saving and disability
preventive medical interventions that may lead to professional-level health
personnel to train.
In order to graduate from the Primary and Emergency Aid Program, the total number of national credits that students must complete is 101, with a total of 20 elective courses. The total amount of ECTS credits is determined as 30 for each semester. The duration of the first and immediate aid program is 2 years.
The students who have successfully completed the courses shown in the curricula and have completed all the activities mentioned in this Regulation and other related legislations must also have completed a successful internship within 30 business days for graduation. The internship has not been credited with the program as it is a prerequisite for graduation. AGNOs must be at least 2.00 level and all other studies must be completed.
