Over the course of the 90’s paramedicine slowly transitioned to a university course in response to the expanding role. Ambulance services have evolved from providing a simple mode of emergency transport to a provider of definitive care; to currently being a technical field of health providing pre-hospital assessment, diagnoses and treatment. Changes in the roles and skills performed by paramedics have resulted in the development of paramedicine becoming its own entity, with its own separate body of knowledge and skills, which is distinctively different to that of other health professionals (Townsend, 2016). Whilst research based knowledge specific to pre-hospital care is currently limited, nonetheless, it is rapidly expanding with the realisation that early care and interventions can drastically alter patient outcomes. Registration would be an acknowledgment of pre-hospital care is a distinct entity in its own right and open the professional channels to further development of the industry. In addition, registration would ensure that despite the mode of education and training, that all registered paramedics have the same base knowledge, skill set, scope of practice which would adhere to the values and
Over the course of the 90’s paramedicine slowly transitioned to a university course in response to the expanding role. Ambulance services have evolved from providing a simple mode of emergency transport to a provider of definitive care; to currently being a technical field of health providing pre-hospital assessment, diagnoses and treatment. Changes in the roles and skills performed by paramedics have resulted in the development of paramedicine becoming its own entity, with its own separate body of knowledge and skills, which is distinctively different to that of other health professionals (Townsend, 2016). Whilst research based knowledge specific to pre-hospital care is currently limited, nonetheless, it is rapidly expanding with the realisation that early care and interventions can drastically alter patient outcomes. Registration would be an acknowledgment of pre-hospital care is a distinct entity in its own right and open the professional channels to further development of the industry. In addition, registration would ensure that despite the mode of education and training, that all registered paramedics have the same base knowledge, skill set, scope of practice which would adhere to the values and