Advanced Care Paramedic

Students acquire advanced knowledge and skills that prepare them to function as leaders in emergency situations, and practice out of hospital health care. Graduates demonstrate the ability to care for patients from diverse populations and to provide advanced medical treatment. Students experience classroom instruction, online learning, skills and patient simulation labs, as well as hospital, clinical, and field placements.

Graduates who possess provincial certification at the Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant (A.E.M.C.A.) level will, after successful completion of the Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) Program, be eligible to write the Ontario ACP certification exam and gain employment as ACPs with paramedic services.

What You’ll Learn

• Use advanced leadership, communication and advocacy skills to optimize patient care and support inter/intra-professional collaboration and practice.
• Use advanced diagnostic skills to assess a range of patients with acute and undifferentiated health problems and analyze findings in order to determine, implement, monitor, adapt and justify a plan of care in compliance with the current regulatory framework.
• Integrate and perform advanced care paramedic delegated controlled medical acts to provide comprehensive paramedic care using complex clinical reasoning and judgement to optimize patient care.
• Critique and integrate research evidence to guide approach to complex clinical judgement and decision-making in paramedic practice.
• Evaluate risks to personal health and well-being in self and others and provide role modeling and leadership in the use of risk reduction and management strategies.
• Maintain a safe working environment.
• Employ environmentally sustainable practices within the profession.
• Apply basic social entrepreneurial skills to identify and respond to new opportunities.