Purpose of Department
The purpose of the First Aid and Emergency Care Program is to train qualified healthcare assistants who can provide pre-hospital emergency medical services in accordance with scientific, ethical, and professional principles, and who can effectively perform life-saving and disability-preventing medical interventions during the critical period until the primary treatment of patients and injured individuals is completed.
Target of Department
The Goal of the First Aid and Emergency Care Program: The program aims to train health personnel who are physically healthy and strong, capable of making quick and correct decisions, calm, attentive, and highly responsible, with well-developed communication skills, and who are equipped, competent, and professionally qualified to serve in the emergency services level of the healthcare system.
Mission: To train high-quality healthcare technicians who can perform pre-hospital emergency healthcare services in accordance with scientific, ethical, and legal principles; provide accurate, rapid, and effective intervention to patients and injured individuals at the scene; keep their professional knowledge and skills up-to-date; are team-oriented; have advanced communication skills; and possess a high sense of social responsibility.
Vision: To be an exemplary education program that provides training in line with national and international standards, stands out with its practice-oriented teaching approach, produces graduates who are preferred in the healthcare field, closely follows scientific and technological developments, is open to quality assurance and continuous improvement.
Career Opportunities
Those who successfully complete this program will receive the title of “Ambulance and Emergency Care Technician (Paramedic).” Graduates can work in public and private hospitals, healthcare institutions, and emergency services. Additionally, they can work in ambulances and hospital emergency departments, assisting doctors when emergency intervention is required, as well as in emergency medical service ambulances, patient transport ambulances, air and sea ambulances, other emergency vehicles, hospitals, medical centers, and all other emergency departments providing emergency healthcare services. Emergency medical technicians work as healthcare personnel in emergency patient transport ambulances, as call reception personnel in command and control centers, and as healthcare personnel in hospital emergency departments. This personnel may also serve as ambulance drivers when necessary (after completing safe driving training).
Departments Allowing Horizontal Transfer
Students can transfer to all general programs that admit students based on the TYT minimum score.
Departments Allowing Vertical Transfer
Students can transfer to the Emergency Aid and Disaster Management; Nursing; Nursing and Health Services programs through the Vertical Transfer Exam.
