Focus On....Paramedicine
Paramedicine
Working as an ambulance paramedic means that no two days are ever the same. What a paramedic does can be as varied as restarting a patient’s heart down to helping solve social welfare issues. Ambulance paramedics are called when people feel they have no other options and are suffering what feels like an emergency to them. An interesting fact to remember when applying to become a paramedic is that the majority of the workload is not lights and sirens driving to save a patient's life. This job is more about helping people in their time of need as opposed to being a hero.
Visit Ambulance Victoria - Types of Paramedics to find out more!
The following Victorian universities offer Paramedicine courses:
| INSTITUTION | COURSE | VCE REQUIREMENTS | ATAR 2016 |
Australian Catholic University
(M) – Melbourne (B) – Ballarat | Paramedicine | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL. | 79.34 (M) |
| Nursing/Paramedicine | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL. | 58.50 (B) | |
La Trobe University
(AW) – Albury Wodonga (Be) – Bendigo (Mi) – Mildura (S) - Shepparton | Paramedic Practice/Public Health Promotion | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; and a study score of at least 20 in two of Biology, Chemistry, Health And Human Development, any Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics or Psychology. | 71.20 (AW, Be, Mi, S) |
Monash University
(C) – Caulfield | Emergency Health (Paramedic) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL; and a study score of at least 25 in any Mathematics. | 75.15 (C) |
Victoria University
(St. A) – St. Albans | Health Science (Paramedic) | Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 25 in English (EAL) or at least 20 in English other than EAL. | n/a (St. A)
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