Background Paramedic education and training has a focus on the type of work performed. Some recent findings regarding the work of the rural paramedic indicate an expanded scope of practice with a strong community focus and involvement in primary health care. Because of this, proposals now appear for specific rural education and training. Whilst a picture is developing of the work of the rural p...

Paramedic education has been undergoing major development in Australia in the past 20 years, with many different educational programmes being developed across all Australian jurisdictions. This paper aims to review the current paramedic education programmes in Australia to identify the similarities and differences between the programmes, and the strengths and challenges in these programmes. A l...

Authors: David Halliwell –MSc. Paramedic, FIfL. David was the Head of Education for South Western Ambulance NHS for the last 8 years, having previously been a senior resuscitation officer, and paramedic for the last 20+ years. David has recently moved to the Middle East as Managing Director for Prometheus Medical (MENA), assisting with Paramedic and skills development throughout the Middle East...

Medical Director, State of Wisconsin USA As the Medical Director of Emergency Medical Services for the State of Wisconsin, I feel compelled to share the results of our review of the new [U.S.]National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)-sponsored Curriculum for the training of Paramedic-level emergency medical technicians (EMT-P). A Committee of nurse and physician educators from each...

Background: The use of casual staff within the university undergraduate educational setting is a widespread phenomenon worldwide. However a lack of understanding exists regarding experiences of recruitment, support, professional development and other perceived professional needs in this area. Although previous studies of the experience of sessional educators have been reported in the literature...

BACKGROUND Simulation-based education is an important part of paramedic education and training. While accessing clinical placements that are adequate in quality and quantity continues to be challenging, simulation is being recognized by paramedic academics as a potential alternative. Examining students' satisfaction of simulation, particularly cross-culturally is therefore important in providin...

Over the past 2 decades, as part of reforms to the National Health Service and with it organizational changes to ambulance work in the UK, paramedic education has undergone a process of academisation and a shift from in-house, apprenticeship weeks-long occupational training, to university-based undergraduate programs. While the professional regulation and standardization of Allied Health Profes...

OBJECTIVE To examine current patterns of deployment and use of emergency ambulance crews in Nottinghamshire, with particular reference to crew status (technician or paramedic), case mix, interventions performed, and operational times. METHODS A retrospective survey of routinely collected computerised ambulance service despatch data, and patient treatment forms for 242 randomly selected emerge...

OBJECTIVE Paramedics often perform endotracheal intubation (ETI), insertion of a breathing tube, on critically ill out-of-hospital patients. Recent studies highlight important paramedic ETI shortcomings including adverse events, errors, and poor outcomes resulting from this procedure. Little is known about workforce perceptions of these events. We sought to identify paramedic and physician perc...