First Aid and Emergency Medical Services

The First Aid and Emergency Program is an associate degree program that aims to equip individuals with the knowledge, skills and professional competencies to intervene quickly, accurately and effectively at the scene in life-threatening emergencies. Within the program, students receive theoretical and practical training in basic and advanced life support, trauma management, patient assessment, emergency health services, ambulance practices and emergency response in disasters.

The educational objectives of the Bahçeşehir University Vocational School of Health Services First Aid and Emergency Program have been determined in line with the needs of the health sector, national occupational standards and stakeholder views. The aim of the First Aid and Emergency Program is to train First Aid and Emergency Technicians who can provide basic and advanced life support to patients and the injured in pre-hospital emergency health services, make quick and accurate decisions in emergencies, perform the necessary interventions in trauma and other emergency health problems, ensure the safe transport of patients and the injured to health institutions, follow professional developments, adhere to ethical values and contribute to public health.

Graduates of the First Aid and Emergency Program can work in the ambulances and command and control centers of the Ministry of Health Provincial Ambulance Service (112) Chief Physician's Offices; in the ambulances of health institutions affiliated with the private sector, municipalities and universities; in the emergency departments of private, university and public health institutions; and in motorized, sea and air ambulances. 

Graduates of the program are expected to become health personnel who:

1. Can work effectively in pre-hospital emergency health services,

2. Can make quick and accurate decisions in emergencies,

3. Can apply basic and advanced life support protocols in line with current standards,

4. Can ensure their own safety, the patient's safety and the safety of the scene while providing emergency health services,

5. Can manage crises and the scene of an incident,

6. Can explain the legislation, duties and limits of authority related to emergency health services,

7. Work well in teams and communicate effectively,

8. Are sensitive to professional ethical principles and patient rights,

9. Follow current developments and practices,

10. Are aware of the importance of lifelong learning.

Mission of the First Aid and Emergency Program

To train First Aid and Emergency Technicians who can work in pre-hospital emergency health services, intervene accurately and effectively with patients and the injured, act with a sense of professional responsibility, work well in teams and are open to self-improvement.

Vision of the First Aid and Emergency Program

To be a program preferred for its quality of education, which follows current developments in first aid and emergency care, combines theoretical knowledge with practice, and trains the qualified first aid and emergency technicians needed by the health sector.