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NQF Ref: 1408 - National Diploma in Ambulance Practice (Level 5)

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Level 3
24849 3 Credits

Conduct a patient assessment in an ambulance context

 
26147 1 Credits

Maintain medical supplies in an ambulance vehicle

 
6227 4 Credits Drive ambulance vehicles in emergency situations (this unit standard has expired and is no longer available)  
6228 1 Credits Maintain the ambulance vehicle for operational readiness (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
Level 4
14474 20 Credits Provide pre-hospital patient care in ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
14475 20 Credits Provide further pre-hospital patient care in ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
14478 6 Credits Drive ambulance vehicles in operational situations (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
24850 4 Credits

Provide basic life support using an automated external defibrillator in an ambulance context

 
24852 4 Credits

Locate and summarise, critique, and evaluate potential impacts of medical research relevant to an ambulance context

 
24853 3 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of legislation, regulations, codes of practice, and consumer rights in an ambulance context

 
24854 2 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of personal conduct in situations requiring police involvement in an ambulance context

 
24870 5 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of pharmacology in an ambulance context

 
26017 6 Credits

Maintain the fitness for purpose of, and drive an ambulance vehicle in patient transfer situations

 
26018 6 Credits

Drive an ambulance vehicle in emergency driving situations

 
Level 5
14476 20 Credits Provide integrated clinical practice in ambulance service (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
14477 2 Credits Care for patients during transportation in ambulance service (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
24855 4 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute respiratory symptoms in an ambulance context

 
24856 5 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute cardiovascular symptoms in an ambulance context

 
24857 4 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute abdominal symptoms in an ambulance context

 
24858 4 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute diabetic emergency symptoms in an ambulance context

 
24859 5 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute neurological symptoms in an ambulance context

 
24860 4 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of traumatic head and spinal injury patients in an ambulance context

 
24861 4 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with traumatic chest injury in an ambulance context

 
24862 5 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of management of trauma to the integumentary system, and musculoskeletal or abdominopelvic cavity

 
24863 5 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with symptoms of shock in an ambulance context

 
24864 5 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of management of patients with acute obstetric conditions and the newborn in an ambulance context

 
24865 5 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute paediatric conditions in an ambulance context

 
24866 4 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute geriatric conditions in an ambulance context

 
24867 6 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of environmental conditions and their effects on patients in an ambulance context

 
24868 3 Credits

Demonstrate knowledge of the management of patients with acute mental illness in an ambulance context

 
24869 48 Credits

Apply integrated clinical practice in an ambulance context

 
6230 3 Credits Manage a scene that requires ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
6231 2 Credits Move and convey patients in conjunction with transport in ambulance service (this unit standard has expired and is no longer available)  
6232 20 Credits Operate in an ambulance communications centre (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
6233 30 Credits Provide pre-hospital patient care, and life support in ambulance services (this unit standard has expired and is no longer available)  
Level 6
6226 30 Credits Administer drugs in ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
6229 15 Credits Manage acute cardiac events in ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
6234 15 Credits Treat hypovolaemic shock in ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
6235 30 Credits Assess patients and initiate paramedic care in ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)  
6517 30 Credits Manage life threatening airway and ventilation emergencies in ambulance services (this unit standard is expiring and no longer available)