A Paramedic in Australia is a health care professional who holds a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Paramedicine and is registered with the Paramedicine Board of Australia via the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA)[1] As of December 2021, there are over 22,500 registered paramedics in Australia, of which approximately 70% (15,750) work for a jurisdictional service (each of which covers an entire state or territory), and of which 47% of which are female.[2][3] Paramedics in Australia may undergo further training and complete a Master's Degree to specialise in either Intensive Care or Primary Care medicine.[4]
- ^ "Registration". Paramedicine Board of Australia. Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Registrant data". Statistics - Paramedicine Board of Australia. Paramedicine Board of Australia. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Report on Government Services 2022, Part E, Section 11, Table A.8". Australian Government Productivity Commission. 1 February 2022.
- ^ Wilkinson-Stokes, Matt (2021-01-03). "A taxonomy of Australian and New Zealand paramedic clinical roles". Australasian Journal of Paramedicine. 18: 1–20. doi:10.33151/ajp.18.880. ISSN 2202-7270.
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