New Standards of Practice for the Paramedic Profession: Standard Four
How familiar are you with the College’s new Standards of Practice? Standards of Practice are essential to ensure quality care is provided to all Albertans by all healthcare professions. These Standards not only provide direction to regulated members in the provision of care but also explain elements of care that patients and the public can expect in their professional interactionsRead More
Registrar’s Message: our new world of CC
With the last two weeks of renewal upon us, I am very grateful to the members who have already met your continuing competence (CC) requirements and completed this important legislative process. Due to our shortened year in 2019 and then the full credit requirement being granted for Covid-19 last year, this is the first year that we have all hadRead More
Pan-Canadian Essential Regulatory Requirements (PERRS) Calls for Volunteers
Posted on behalf of Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators In July 2021 the Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators (COPR) announced an initiative to develop Pan-Canadian Essential Regulatory Requirements (PERRs). PERRs will describe the expectations for safe, effective and ethical performance by paramedics to inform provincial regulatory practice standards and support the use of PERRs by educators, employers and other key stakeholders.Read More
Not planning to renew? What you need to do…
If you are currently a regulated member and you are not planning to renew your practice permit for the upcoming 2021/2022 member year, please fill out a declaration of non-renewal. If you do not indicate to the College that you will not be renewing, you will continue to receive reminder after reminder between now and the end of renewal. Then,Read More
New Practice Guideline for EMRs Managing Emergent Childbirth
The Alberta College of Paramedics has released a new practice guideline effective immediately to address confusion for Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) managing emergent childbirth. The Paramedics Profession Regulation (PPR) authorizes ACPs and PCPs “to manage labour or deliver a baby” as a restricted activity, however, the PPR, section 16, does not authorize this restricted activity for EMRs. The guideline statesRead More
New Standards of Practice for the Paramedic Profession: Standard Three
How familiar are you with the College’s new Standards of Practice? Standards of Practice are essential to ensure quality care is provided to all Albertans by all healthcare professions. These Standards not only provide direction to regulated members in the provision of care but also explain elements of care that patients and the public can expect in their professional interactionsRead More
President’s Message: The Changing Composition of Council
I am pleased to announce that the newly reelected member to Council is: Travis Lanoway. Congratulations Travis. With the close of our recent election, we also recognize the term completion of Luke Flowers, who officially has come to the end of his three-year term. In June we were happy to welcome Timothy (Tim) Dyck as a new public member appointedRead More
Council Election Results
As certified by Simply Voting, the following regulated member has been elected to a three-year term on the Alberta College of Paramedics Council: Travis Lanoway. Congratulations to our returning member of Council. Thank you to the members who participated in this year’s Council election vote. If you’d like to share anything (good or bad) about your experience in with theRead More
New Standards of Practice for the Paramedic Profession: Standard Two
How familiar are you with the College’s new Standards of Practice? Standards of Practice are essential to ensure quality care is provided to all Albertans by all healthcare professions. These Standards not only provide direction to regulated members in the provision of care but also explain elements of care that patients and the public can expect in their professional interactionsRead More
College approves additional training for PCPs to administer vaccines for seasonal influenza
Updated: September 20, 2021 The College has been working on approving additional training to enable regulated members to remove practice conditions and to achieve endorsements on their practice permit. One area that has been of significant interest in years past has been training to authorize PCPs to administer the seasonal influenza vaccine. Along with the newly released Standard of PracticeRead More
Getting to Know COPR
In June 2020, the Alberta College of Paramedics Council approved the Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators (COPR) as the official registration exam to gain registration in Alberta. In doing so, it was also identified that this would provide an opportunity for Alberta to be a forward-thinking leader in the paramedic profession at a national level. Since combining efforts last summer,Read More
New Standards of Practice for the Paramedic Profession: Standard One
How familiar are you with the College’s new Standards of Practice? Standards of Practice are essential to ensure quality care is provided to all Albertans by all healthcare professions. These Standards not only provide direction to regulated members in the provision of care but also explain elements of care that patients and the public can expect in their professional interactionsRead More