European Paramedic Curriculum (EPaCur) –A Nordic Unification in Paramedic Education?
Author: Christoffer Ericsson, PhD Student, MSc, MHc, Degree Programme Director – Emergency Care, christoffer.ericsson@arcada.fi Flashing blue lights, traumatic accidents, life-saving acute procedures and time-critical action are elements that identify the innately rough and gritty out-of hospital environment or prehospital emergency care still today, even if mostly through vivid imagery of dramatically staged television scenes. Although these elements still do constitute a significant part of the ambulance work, paramedics today are…