What is a Paramedic?

According to the Australian Council of Paramedacine a Paramedic is “a Specialist Health Care Professional who responds to requests or attends to people who are suffering acute health crisis of any nature.” This includes providing health assessment, initial treatment, transport to hospital, and sometime treatment on scene that allows the patient to remain at home.  

At a more basic level Paramedic are problem solver, who people call when then they don’t know who else they can call to solve their problems. Sometimes these are medical problems, or medical emergencies, sometimes they’re emergencies of another nature, sometimes, they have nothing to do with medical emergencies or emergencies of any kind and the people just need help and honestly don’t know where else they can get it, so they call an Ambulance.  

Sometimes a Paramedic’s job is just to talk to someone… and sometimes refer them or suggest other avenues which are open to the patient so that they can get help.

Australian Paramedic…