Paramedic Practice - Staffordshire University

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About Us During your programme you will have the opportunity to meet a range of staff within the university. We all work together as a team to provide the best learning experiences and opportunities for you. The following individuals are key points of contact for you. You will shortly be provided with the name and contact number of your personal tutor to add below. Module tutors contact details are provided in relevant module handbooks. Other contact details can be found in the staff directory on the University website. Programme Leadership Programme Area Manager Foundation Degree Scheme Lead Award Leader Paramedic Professional Lead Paramedic Lecturer/Practitioner Chris Raper C.A.Raper@staffs.ac.uk Rosemary Shepherd R.P.Shepherd@staffs.ac.uk Val Nixon V.A.Nixon@staffs.ac.uk Martin Collins M.Collins@staffs.ac.uk Kevin Armstrong K.Armstrong@staffs.ac.uk Tel: 01785 353480 Tel: 01743 261136 Tel: 01785 353744 Tel: 01785 353690 Tel: 01785 353698 Student Support Andrea Alker A.D.Alker@staffs.ac.uk Tel: 01785 353795 Amanda Holt A.J.Holt@staffs.ac.uk Tel: 01785 353795 Administrators Stafford Campus: Reception: Clare Hannon Placements: Paramedic Lecturer/Practitioner Tel: 01785 353766 Personal tutor: Email address: Tel no: 4
1.0 Introduction to Foundation Degree in Paramedic Practice Paramedics are independent practitioners working to their specified level of competence, with patients of all ages, with individuals and in groups and are essential members of interdisciplinary and interagency teams. Given the complex nature of out of hospital care and the diversity of situations encountered, first contact practitioners must be well educated, skilled and knowledgeable in a range of subjects and be able to appraise and adopt an enquiry based approach to the delivery of care (College of Paramedics (CoP) 2008). Students on this programme will have the opportunity to experience care of a complete range of patients throughout the lifespan and will have opportunities to focus on specific patient groups. In addition, theory and practice will be integrated to ensure the attainment of competence in all identified areas of the curriculum (CoP 2008). Traditionally ambulance services have been organised around the needs of patients with life threatening emergencies. Whilst this is an important element of the education of Paramedic Practitioners it should be recognised that only 10% of patients that ring 999 have a life threatening emergency. Many patients have urgent primary or social needs (Department of Health (DH) 2005). Paramedic Practitioners have significant potential to contribute to health promotion and prevention of emergencies. The revised education of Paramedics must therefore, prepare the practitioner not only to cope with emergencies but also to effectively manage patients with acute, chronic and minor conditions and injuries and hence contribute to a reduction in patients that need to attend Accident and Emergency departments. 1.2 Core Values in Out of Hospital Practice Your main responsibilities as a health professional are summarised below, grouped into categories of conduct, performance and ethics (HPC 2008). Please remember that it is not an exhaustive list of all the issues that can arise in relation to your conduct, performance and ethics. As a health professional, you must protect the health and wellbeing of people who use or need your services in every circumstance. This means that you must always keep high standards of conduct. You must always: • Act in the best interests of your patients, clients and users, • Respect the confidentiality of your patients, clients and users, • Maintain high standards of personal conduct, • Provide any important information about conduct, competence or health. Also you must always keep high standards of performance. You must always: • Keep your professional knowledge and skills up to date, • Act within the limits of your knowledge, skills and experience and, if necessary, refer on to another professional, • Maintain proper and effective communications with patients, clients, users, carers and professionals, 5
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