Training to become an Ambulance Technician or Paramedic?

I understand that i need at least 5 GCSE's grade C or above. I left school before doing these and have only gained 2 since just by going and taking the tests (one is only a D the other a C) Can anyone tell me what courses i could do at home to make up the other 4. I can not afford childcare for my baby so can not go to college. I just really can't see me getting them in Geography or History or anything like that.

Training to become an Ambulance Technician or Paramedic?
Have a look at the Learn Direct site, you can get plenty of information from there.


Don't put yourself down - getting 2 GCSEs without having the pressure of going to college shows you've got determination!


If Learn Direct doesn't tell you verything you want to know, get an appointment with your local careers office (your local library can give you details)
Reply:If brown has his way every body leaving school will have to do 18 months in either, medical, fire or social services
Reply:some unis do online access courses, you could check around with your local unis/colleges.or try learn direct though they don't always list everything, if you ask your training provider for paramedic degree ( if thats what you are thinking about doing ) they will tell you what they will accept. there are also online gcse's where you just go out to sit the exams, I'm not sure how good these are though. NHS CAREERS website will give you plenty details. If you don't do more GCSE then asking your prospective college/uni/employer is the best thing to do as all places are different in what they accept for access /gcse alternatives
Reply:human biology, and as most services look for people not just wanting to drive using blues and twos it may be worth your while if you get a distance learning diploma in stress management and counsilling, you usually have 12 months on pts (patient transport service) wheelchair accesable transport, prior to being selected for training, just keep your fitness levels up but look into maths courses that do fractions as the test includes things like your doing a 200 mile trip using oxygen, one cylinder is half full, the 2nd is full, it takes x amount of time to travel to your destination and ur half full cylinder uses x amount of oxygen per minute, how many litres of oxygen will u use on your journey, oh and go to your nearest ambulance station and ask them to tell you the parts of an entinox cylinder, wen i did the test you had to label a diagram with all the parts of a cylinder, the as a bonus we had to strip one down and re-fit the sections. good luck, definately maths using decimals and fractions, and human biology.