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Paramedic practice

Bachelor's degree in full-time form. The language of instruction is Czech.

The programme can be studied only as a single subject.

What will you learn?

The Paramedic Practice Educational Program aims to prepare graduates for independent activities in pre-hospital care, to which they are entitled under current legislation. The graduate is allowed, based on assessment and decision, based on the diagnosis and instruction of a physician or other competent expert, to provide specific nursing care to individuals, families or groups of patients within the scope of their professional competence as established by Act No. 96/2004 Coll., As amended regulations, Decree 55/2011 Coll., on activities of health workers and other professional workers, and Act No. 374/2011 Coll. medical rescue service.

The symbol of the medical service is a star of life, the interpretation of which fully characterizes the work of a paramedic. Each point represents one of the six functions of the rescue chain: status recognition, announcement, exit, on-site care, care during transportation and handover to final care. Aeskulap's stick is the traditional symbols of medicine.

The graduate is ready to participate in the protection of public health activities and lead individuals and groups of people to health care, including first-aid knowledge and abilities. The graduate has the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills of clinical and humanities and skills acquired during professional practice necessary for the performance of preventive, curative, and educational activities. The graduate can provide the patient's needs for both pre-hospital and hospital emergency care. The graduate can actively and independently participate in diagnostic and medical care. The graduate has the prerequisites for working with other healthcare workers, members of the Integrated Rescue System components, and for further personal and professional growth.

The graduate is prepared to adhere to the medical ethics and standards of nursing care and to respect the individual needs and rights of the patient. Obtaining a professional qualification is a prerequisite for obtaining a professional certificate without professional supervision and registration of non-medical health workers. The graduates are also in compliance with § 29 of Act No. 96/2004 Coll. (as amended) ready to practice as a medical assistant. The study programme complies with current EU study programs.

The applicant for the study has to prove his / her health and physical fitness (more admission conditions at http://www.med.muni.cz/index.php?id=1366).

Practical training

An obligatory part of the study program is a professional practice under the supervision of trainers at clinical workplaces and health rescue services. Training begins in the second semester of study and precedes the subject of Nursing Practices and Nursing Practices in Emergency Care. The practice spreads over five semesters. The first block of training focuses on the consolidation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the framework of comprehensive nursing care at standard departments of healthcare facilities, the operations of the medical rescue service operator and the emergency medical service itself. Students visit an endoscopic workplace, coronary units, a haemodialysis clinic, trauma surgery clinic, including paediatric department. Part of the course is also an introduction to the basics of the work of fireman in the Czech Republic. In the next block, the practice focuses on anaesthesiology, psychiatry, intensive care units, care for prematurely born children and medical rescue services. The last block is in intensive care, resuscitation departments, urgent reception, burning room, nursing home, anaesthesia and emergency care, pre-hospital and hospital. The Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine, provides students with clinical practice in associated accredited healthcare facilities.

Further information

The study of the department is:

https://kopa.med.muni.cz/

Career opportunities

The graduate is ready and able to perform medical activities following the content of Decree No. 55/2011 Coll. and the Government Regulation on Higher Education Issued in the Collection of Laws No. 275/2016 (36th part, paragraph c). According to Act No. 96/2004 Coll. are graduates qualified to perform a non-medical medical profession as a paramedic and to provide the activities defined according to Section 17 of Decree No. 55/2011 Coll. and it:

In-hospital care facilities:

  • Anaesthesiology and Resuscitation;
  • Emergency care;
  • Intensive care units;

Pre-hospital care:

  • Emergency medical service;
  • other components of the Integrated Rescue System.

The graduates are also ready to practice the nursing profession (according to § 21b), (according to § 36g), the healthcare transport driver (according to § 40 2b) and the healthcare assistant (according to § 42 2b), according to Act No. 96/2004 Coll. , as amended.

Admission requirements

Data from the previous admission procedure (1 Nov 2023 – 29 Feb 2024)

No information available

Minimum score and numbers of accepted applicants in past years

Study options

Single-subject studies

Students have a pre-defined list of required courses, which are supplemented with selective and elective courses. The student pays full attention to the single field of study chosen.

Courses – curriculum examples

An example of your study plan:

Detailed information about study plan courses

Follow-up studies

The Paramedic practice Student's program assumes the possibility of studying in Master's degree programs in nursing and related fields (population protection, economics and health management, specialization in pedagogy).

Study information

Provided by Faculty of Medicine
Type of studies Bachelor's
Mode full-time Yes
combined No
distance No
Study options single-subject studies Yes
single-subject studies with specialization No
major/minor studies No
Standard length of studies 3 years
Language of instruction Czech

Do you have any questions?
Send us an e-mail to

MUDr. Dagmar Seidlová, Ph.D.

Consultant

E‑mail:

Mgr. Michal Pospíšil

Consultant

E‑mail:

Gabriela Rozínková

Consultant

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