Bachelor
Western's Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedicine) gives you the skills and knowledge you need to be a paramedic and play an integral role in the health system, responding to emergencies involving patients with a range of health problems in diverse settings. When you graduate, you will have the required skills to work in an ambulance service, the private paramedical industry or the defence forces.
Be prepared for an unlimited future as an ambulance paramedic or in the private paramedicine industry.
Open up to a journey of possibility. Start at Western.
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