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Medical Services and Techniques

First and Emergency Aid

(About the Program)

Medical Services and Techniques

It is an associate degree program that trains health technicians who can work in pre-hospital emergency health services, make quick decisions, adapt to teamwork, and have developed practical skills.

About the Program

The First and Emergency Aid Program aims to train qualified health technicians who can work in emergency health services. The program aims to provide students with knowledge and skills in emergency patient and injured-person assessment, basic and advanced life support, trauma management, patient transport techniques, teamwork, and emergency intervention processes.

Foundation and Development

The program was opened on 30.01.1996 under the name "Ambulance and Emergency Care Technician." Since the 2009-2010 academic year, it has been structured under the Department of Medical Services and Techniques; with the decision of the Higher Education General Assembly dated 08.04.2010, its name was changed to "First and Emergency Aid."

Student and Graduate Status

The program has produced many graduates since its establishment. It continues its educational activities with its current student structure, academic staff, and practical training opportunities.

Educational Structure

Theoretical and practical courses are carried out in a balanced manner in the program. Through professional courses, students gain knowledge and skills about intervention methods, equipment, patient assessment processes, and field practices used in emergency health services.

Practical Training

Students develop their professional skills through practical training processes carried out in the First and Emergency Aid Laboratory and Erciyes University Hospitals. The practices aim to strengthen students' emergency intervention, patient assessment, and teamwork skills.

Courses and Professional Learning Areas

Within the program, students are provided with a professional knowledge base through courses such as Resuscitation and Advanced Life Support, Emergency Patient Care, Professional Practice, Physiology, Anatomy, Medical Terminology, Emergency Health Services, Pharmacology, Career Planning, and Trauma. In addition, professional and social elective courses support students' field knowledge, communication skills, and personal development.

Summer Practice

For graduation, students are required to complete summer practice in a hospital emergency department, a 112 emergency health station, or a 112 command and control center. Summer practice supports students in becoming familiar with the field environment and developing their professional skills under real working conditions.

General Approach of the Program

The First and Emergency Aid Program aims to train qualified health technicians who can work in emergency health services by offering theoretical and practical education together; who prioritize patient and injured-person safety, adapt to teamwork, have developed professional responsibility, and can adapt to changing health technologies.