Bachelor of Health Sciences in Emergency Medical Care and Rescue | DUT

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The Bachelor of Health Sciences in Emergency Medical Care and Rescue at DUT trains qualified paramedics registered with the Professional Board for Emergency Care Practitioners of the HPCSA. The four-year programme is intensive, running outside normal academic terms to include night shifts and clinical rotations in hospitals, clinics, and private emergency services. Graduates are skilled in advanced life support, rescue, and pre-hospital care — professions with strong employment prospects in both private emergency services and public sector roles across KwaZulu-Natal and South Africa.

English: Level 4
Mathematics: Level 4
Life Sciences and/or Physical Sciences: Level 4
Two additional 20-credit subjects: Level 4
Applicants with 30 points or more will be considered
Plus medical, physical, and environmental fitness evaluations
APS: 30

Career Prospects

Advanced Life Support Paramedic – Respond to medical emergencies and provide advanced pre-hospital care for private and public emergency services in KZN.
Emergency Care Practitioner – Work in emergency departments or with disaster response teams responding to trauma, cardiac, and medical emergencies.
Military Medic – Serve as a qualified medic in the South African National Defence Force’s medical corps.
Flight Paramedic – Provide aeromedical emergency care on helicopter and fixed-wing air ambulance services across South Africa and the region.
Emergency Services Educator – Train and develop new paramedic students and CPR responders at emergency training institutions.

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