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Background : Paramedicine education faces challenges in aligning curricula with evolving practice. Despite updates, our study reveals minimal change since 2018, especially post-transition from the Council of Ambulance Authorities to Paramedicine Board of Australia accreditation.
This session is designed for EMS directors, EMS administrators, paramedics, dispatchers, mental health professionals and researchers who are committed to improving the well-being of frontline EMS workers. Join the conversation that will help shape the future of EMS mental wellness and help protect those who protect us all.
There has been an increasing demand for paramedic services to respond to mental health-related calls, and it’s becoming even more important to respond appropriately to these calls. Areas for practice change include alternative care options (outside of ED), response team approaches, community paramedicine, and post-care follow up.
Introduction - Internationally, prehospital workers practice in a wide range of community paramedicine roles. It can be unclear where community paramedics fit within existing paramedicine career structures and their professional capabilities are sometimes ill-defined or misunderstood.
Objective: To describe the program and associated outcomes of an innovative medication safety and opioid risk screening program delivered by community paramedics Methods: The study was conducted within a health system community paramedic program in North America.
Paramedic Chiefs of Canada (PCC) E-bulletin December 2024 PCC Leadership Summit June 10 th -12 th ,2025 Winnipeg, Manitoba Planning for the annual PCC Leadership Summit is well underway. Paramedic representatives attending will augment support within the DRDC towards Paramedic related studies.
Explore the educational pathway, skills, and opportunities in community paramedicine. Community Paramedicine represents a transformative approach to healthcare delivery, particularly in underserved or rural areas where access to healthcare services is often limited.
I am a paramedic instructor who worked as a Critical Care Paramedic in Toronto EMS (Canada) for 13 years. Currently I work in the Middle East, teaching paramedicine. My hope is to make available some clinical tips for working paramedics in order to improve your patient care. Of course, students are welcome too!
This paper highlights key research areas within paramedicine education in Australia. Secondly, it addresses the importance of exploring the influence of ethics education on paramedic practice, investigating how a robust ethical foundation acquired during education translates into ethical practices in real-world scenarios.
Paramedic work can be stressful. Encountering clinically unwell patients, long shift hours and dealing with the unknown expose paramedics to mental, physical and emotional stress. In the learning environment, these types of stresses are difficult for educators to replicate.
Objective: The aim of this scoping review is to determine how feedback is used in paramedicine. Introduction: Feedback is widely recognised as essential for clinician growth in healthcare however there is limited research on its use within paramedicine. Two authors independently screened and selected studies for full-text review.
This concept paper explores if there is a role for paramedics in crime identification. A scoping review highlighted a lack of adequate awareness of paramedics in identifying this emerging subset of criminal activity. The review found no studies that focused on preparing paramedics to identify emerging crimes.
This session is designed for EMS directors, EMS administrators, paramedics, dispatchers, mental health professionals and researchers who are committed to improving the well-being of frontline EMS workers. Who will be speaking?
Introducing a community paramedicine program allows public safety to dynamically meet those needs. Yet, developing and successfully implementing a community paramedic program can be daunting. Developing a community paramedicine program involves several steps before visiting your first patient.
As paramedics, whilst we often take great offence at being called ambulance drivers, the question is, when it’s our turn to drive, what exactly is it that we are providing? In Australia, for example, AHPRA’s Paramedicine Board describes paramedics as "practitioners" throughout documentation regarding registration.
The gang discusses the controversies and challenges over paramedic degrees. on the value of a degree h [link] IAFC position statement on paramedic degrees The gang discusses the controversies and challenges over paramedic degrees. We look at the IAFC and NAEMSP position statements.which are completely at odds.
With primary care waning andNorthern Light Inland HospitalinWatervilleclosing in June, community paramedics offering a preventive solution to the region's health care crisis could be next to fall.
Travel paramedics are part of the workforce solution healthcare desperately needs. Best Practice Medicine (BPM) created and is rapidly scaling the nation's first dedicated travel paramedic agency in support of ambulance and hospital operations nationwide.
Priorities are changing in prehospital care, with many paramedics now questioning career commitment for the future. Those drawn towards more mobile, emergent, autonomous roles found their place in paramedicine. increase in the number of registered paramedics, over the preceding year, to almost 20,0002.
The aim of this study was to compare mean ventilation rates, singular tidal volume and one-minute volume of asynchronous ventilations between the SMART BVM, the more traditionally used Adult BVM, and the Paediatric BVM during an out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation simulation amongst a group of novice paramedicine students.
patients demonstrating awakeness during resuscitation) with Jack Howard, Intensive Care Paramedic at Ambulance Victoria in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, and first author on a recent literature review and Delphi-derived expert guideline on CPRIC management. Paramedicine. Find us on Patreon here! Buy your merch here!
If you’ve been struggling to decide between serving as a Soldier in the United States Army or becoming a paramedic , venture no further; you’ve come to the right place. Specifically, we’ll be diving deep as we discuss how to become a combat paramedic in the United States Army. What is a Paramedic?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2023 Paramedic Chiefs of Canada release vision for future focused on patients, evidence, and ongoing learning Report titled ‘Principles and Enabling Factors Guiding Paramedicine in Canada’ released with focus on new priorities for industry KELOWNA, B.C. –
The three categories that will be considered in 2024 include: Award of Excellence for a Quality Workplace Award of Excellence for an Innovative Treatment or Technology Award of Excellence for a Client Centered Initiative The person or team shall be nominated by the care providers and leaders of Paramedicine in Canada.
PCC Members, The Paramedic Chiefs of Canada (PCC) is pleased to announce the release of a Joint Statement on EMS Performance Measures Beyond Response Times. The 2023 PCC Vision Document [link] is founded on research and evidence to establish the guiding principles and identify the enabling factors for the future of paramedicine in Canada.
Introduction: Effective service delivery and the wellbeing of the paramedic workforce is reliant on confounding factors and is effectuated by geographical positioning. Key words including paramedic*, EMT, urban OR metro*, rural OR remote and disparit* were inserted into the search engines MEDLINE, CINAHL Plus and Scopus.
Peter O'Meara discusses the concept of paramedic practitioners and the need for higher education and professional recognition in the field. He compares paramedic practice in the US and Australia, highlighting the similarities in patient populations and the importance of a unified profession.
The Irish College of Paramedics and the Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedicine (ANZCP) have signed an MOU in order to collaborate and cooperate on advancement of the paramedic profession. ANZCP also signed an agreement with the College of Paramedics UK, who were represented by Paul Gowens, Vice-Chair of the CoP.
Helicopter EMS in Cork: a paramedicine perspective. Irish Journal of Paramedicine. The recent discussions regarding the crew composition of the proposed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Cork require comment from paramedicine. In Sweden and the Netherlands, ambulances are staffed by nurses and paramedics.
“Integrating community paramedicine into our community has helped give a voice to people that have historically been marginalized.” James McLaughlin Community Paramedic Director at Ute Pass Regional Health Service District The post How Ute Pass’ MIH program centers care around the patient appeared first on ESO.
A historic milestone in the development of paramedical science in Ireland has recently occurred, with adjunct Professor, Senior Lecturer, and Lecturer appointments for National Ambulance Service College personnel at UCC. Congratulations Professor Knox - a fantastic achievement for paramedicine in Ireland, and truly deserved.
Introduction As the global demand for emergency health services continues to expand, the role of paramedics persists and grows alongside the expansion of ambulance services. This scoping review aims to explore what is known about the incidence of NTDC cases attended by paramedics internationally.
One barrier to including children in such programs is a lack of evidence regarding whether paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) can accurately identify children with low-acuity complaints. Our primary objective was to compare the accuracy of EMTs to that of paramedics in identifying low-acuity pediatric encounters.
The purpose of this paper is to provide a literature supported pathway to incorporating effective simulated learning experiences (SLE) into paramedic precertification courses. The literature is sparse on simulation incorporation into paramedic programs; however, it demonstrates extensive benefit in medicine and nursing.
Background: Paramedics are allied health professionals, registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). A sample of UK paramedics have their CPD audited ever two years as part of their re-registration process. Compared to other allied health professionals very little is known about paramedics’ engagement with CPD.
Paramedics were added to the ED ambulance triage staff to receive verbal reports and perform certain tasks done traditionally by nurses. We hypothesized adding paramedics to the ED triage process would reduce delivery interval times and total turnaround times.
Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast Small-batch: Paramedic Education Requirements "A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge." Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones More paramedic education is always beneficial. But should a secondary degree be mandated for paramedicine?
When I tell people I work as a paramedic, they automatically relate to the job as being stressful. They often relate to stress as a paramedic from the calls we get, the things we see. I love being a paramedic and did not want to give that up, so I worked various jobs on the side. That is true. That is also true. Absolutely not.
Every EMT or paramedic who works out in the field knows that a fair percentage, some might say the majority, of our patients, don’t actually need to go to the emergency room.” Is it safe for this patient to go to urgent care? Can they get a prescription written for a new medicine or refill an existing prescription?
The demanding workload and high-pressure nature of the paramedic profession, undoubtably has an influence on the paramedic’s health and wellbeing however the individual variance and factors associated is poorly understood. The search highlighted the paramedics poor reportable levels of health compared to other occupations.
Below is a list of the PCC Board of Directors; Ontario – Mike Adair, Chief, Paramedic Services County of Perth Québec – Louis-Olivier Roussin, Directeur des operations, Ambulance St. We are fortunate to have Kevin remain in the Presidency and know that we will continue to benefit from his leadership, knowledge, and experience.
Below is the complete list of the PCC Board of Directors; Ontario – Mike Adair, Chief, Paramedic Services County of Perth Québec – Louis-Olivier Roussin, Directeur des operations, Ambulance St. PCC Members, We are pleased to share with you the results of our 2024 Board of Directors Nominations and subsequent election.
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