First 'National Ambulance Service College' established at UHS

First National Ambulance Service College of Pakistan has been established at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) to streamline this essential life saving service and to train paramedics according to international standards. The college has been established at UHS Institute of Learning Emergency Medicine, and it will be affiliated with National Ambulance College, Dublin, Ireland.
It will provide training facilities to the rescuers and paramedics of Rescue 1122 and Edhi Ambulance Service. On initial basis, a one-year certification course has been introduced for emergency medical technicians. The Irish visiting faculty will provide the training facilities in Pakistan whereas Director and Advanced Paramedic of National Ambulance Service College, Dublin, will act as the director of the newly established college.
The emergency medical technician course offered by the college will consist of three modules and candidates will be selected after interview by Irish experts. There will be examinations at the end of every module and students will have to do one year compulsory internship at recognised hospitals after the final examination, a spokesman of the UHS said.