EDI Level 3 Ambulance

EDI LEVEL 3 AMBULANCE DRIVING

This EDI Award is made up of two units; it is advisable that delegates have passed a recognised advanced driving qualification (IAM or RoSPA) before enrolling on this programme. It is envisaged that the programme will be run over two days, covering driving and patient care. Delegates will also have to complete several hours home study.

The units and list of contents are as follows:

UNIT 1. SAFE DRIVING OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES

• Behavioural Aspects of Driving
• Vehicle Checks
• Health and Safety
• Handling Characteristics of Different Vehicles
• Off Paved Driving
• Use of Legal Exemptions on Highway
• Introduction to Emergency Equipment
• Response Driving
• Patient Care

UNIT 2. LEGAL ASPECTS OF RESPONSE DRIVING

• Safety Management Systems
• Road Traffic Regulations
• Litigation

During the course the delegates will be given assignments to complete and written theory tests to undertake. Both units are divided into a modular form, based on a 1-4 grading scale. This will provide an indication to the instructor as to the progress of each delegate.

All materials are supplied by Minding Driving. Instructors hold all the relevant driving qualifications.

EDI is a national awarding body and leads the way among awarding bodies for the quality of its customer service, for the relevance and appropriateness of its quality assurance procedures, for its speed and responsiveness to its centres and for the value for money of its services. Minding Driving is an EDI Licensed Centre.

We would like to thank St John Ambulance, Lancashire for their assistance in developing this qualification.