Advanced Care Paramedic

The Advanced Care Paramedic program builds on the knowledge and experience you have acquired as a Primary Care Paramedic. During your education you will attain enhanced assessment, knowledge and skills in the paramedic field. You will learn to use critical thinking and sound clinical judgement to effectively manage emergent and non-emergent healthcare situations within the community at the level of an Advanced Care Paramedic.

Upon successful completion of the program and provincial examinations, you will be eligible for employment as an Advanced Care Paramedic in Ontario.

What You’ll Learn

• Interact professionally with patients and others, adhering to relevant provincial and federal legislation and codes of conduct.
• Collaborate with a broad range of personnel such as employers, Primary Care Paramedics, Critical Care Paramedics, Communications Officers, firefighters, police officers, physicians, allied health professionals and others.
• Lead an interdisciplinary team to ensure optimal patient care
• Provide complete and accurate reports, in compliance with current legislation, regulations, standards and established policies and procedures.
• Analyze patient assessment findings critically, and infer a provisional diagnosis, using relevant theory and practices and complying with current legislation, regulations, standards, best practices and established policies and procedures.
• Evaluate patient condition continuously, anticipating changes and adapting interventions to provide safe and optimal care.
• Justify an intervention plan in accordance with ACP Medical Directives, best practices, evidence-based medicine and clinical findings.
• Perform basic and advanced life support skills safely and competently, including controlled medical acts, in accordance with established standards and Medical Directives.
• Employ preventative and therapeutic interventions, while maintaining safety of self and others, to promote optimal well-being of the patient, in compliance with current legislation, regulations, standards and established policies and procedures.
• Formulate strategies for self-evaluation and for improving proficiency in the practice of paramedicine.