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10 Week Class Room & 750HR Placement
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Ofqual Regulated
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Valid for life with ongoing CPD
What Is a Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioners?
Developed in collaboration with NHS trusts and key stakeholders, and reviewed by NENAS, this qualification provides the practical and theoretical knowledge related to statutory, mandatory and core training required to operate in an emergency and urgent care ambulance environment.
The Qualsafe Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioners (RQF) enables learners to gain the skills, understanding, and practical competencies related to emergency and urgent care to carry out the role of the Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP). This Qualification allows you to work as a Emergency Medical Technician/Associate Ambulance Practitioner and day to day duties and tasks for an AAP would involve working as part of an ambulance crew responding to emergency (999) and urgent calls, providing emergency and urgent assistance, and driving safely.
The Associate Ambulance Practitioner (AAP) works as part of the wider emergency and urgent care setting,
having direct contact with service users or others, providing high quality and compassionate care. Daily duties
and tasks for an AAP would involve working as part of an ambulance crew responding to emergency (999) and
urgent calls, providing emergency and urgent assistance and driving safely and progressively at high speed.
The AAP will assess, treat and manage service users at the scene (reducing the need for hospital admission),
either referring service users to alternative care provisions or safely discharging them on scene. Other tasks
involve working closely with other emergency services and the wider NHS.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be considered a certified Associate Ambulance Practitioners (AAP).
Entry Requirements
- 18rs Or Older At Start Of Course
What's Covered?
- Health Safety & Welfare
- Equality, Diversity & Human Rights
- Conflict Resolution
- Infection Prevention & Control
- Safeguarding Adults & Children
- Moving & Handling People on the Emergency & Urgent Care Setting
- Anatomy & Pathophysiology
- Working in the Pre Hospital Enviroment
- Patient Assessment & Management
- Clinical Observations
- 12 Lead ECG Placement & Interpretation
- Airway Management in Adults and Children
- Resuscitation in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting
- ROLE
- ILS
- Management of Disease and Illness in the Emergency & Urgent Care Setting
- Trauma Care and Management in the Prehospital setting.
- Administration of Medical Gases
- Administration of Life Saving Medications
- Injection Techniques
- Mental Health
- Paediatric Patients
- Obstetrics Emergencies and Child Birth
- End of Life Care
- Ambulance Vehicle and Equipment Familiarisation
- Geriatrics
- Capacity Assessment
- Assisting a Senior Clinician with Advanced Clinician with Interventions
- MTA & CBRN Incidents
- Specialist Ambulance Resources
- Major Incidents
- Triage
- And More!
Course Structure
This course runs one week a month alongside your 750hr clinical placement.
At the end of the 10 month period you will have completed your classroom and exam content.
Once you have successfully completed your clinical hours and mentor sign off you will then be awarded the qualification.
We run this course once a year. You complete one week of classroom a month alongside completing your placement hours in your workplace/placement.
Please see the info below for the 2026 Course.
2026 Course Classroom Dates:
Week 1 - 23rd-27th February 2026
Week 2 - 23rd-27th March 2026
Week 3 - 27th April - 1st May 2026
Week 4 - 25th -29th May 2026
Week 5 - 22nd-26th June 2026
Week 6 - 20th -24th July 2026
Week 7 - 17th -21st Aug 2026
Week 8 - 28th September - 2nd October 2026
Week 9 - 26th -30th October 2026
Week 10 - 23rd-27th November 2026
Placement
This course will require you to complete 750hr placement
A Minimum of 375 hours must be completed in a Out of Hospital Emergency and urgent care service or within the UK Armed Forces.
The remaining 375 hours can be claimed in a range of setting to include:
In hospital placement such as medical assessment units or emergency departments.
Primary Care, such as GP practices.
Speciality Placement such as maternity, cardiology or end of life care.
Currently within the South West, SWAST has reduced the amount of private ambulance crews on frontline placement. As such Apex can no longer guarantee a placement with in the South West. This is a South West wide issue at this current time.
As such it is advised to book this course with a placement provider in mind, such as your current employer or a agreed placement place. Apex will provide all your academic study support and provide support with you securing a placement, but you may have to look further that the south west at this time.
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