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Paramedic Training and Education References

The reference materials below may be helpful in your studies and in preparing you for taking the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care certification examinations and Paramedic Equivalency Qualifying Evaluations. Individuals considering a career in paramedicine should contact one of the training colleges or institutions to determine their required course texts.

Ontario Ministry of Health Basic Patient Care Life Support (BLS) Standards
(Version 2.0) January, 2007

The BLS Patient Care Standards is used by all Ontario paramedics as the standard reference for the delivery of patient care. The standards set out a logical ordering for all of the inter-related activities and practices necessary to effective deliver pre-hospital emergency patient care, activities which start with the paramedic’s initial contact with a patient and continue throughout patient’s encounter with the ambulance system.

This standard provides updated clinical information and improved medical practice standards along with updated paramedic protocols that have been introduced since the last publication in 1999, e.g., the Canadian Triage Acuity Scale used by paramedics and hospitals to identify a patient’s degree of distress, new cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocols. Approximately 6,600 Ontario paramedics are governed by the revised BLS standards and these standards continue to form the basis for the entry-to-practice primary care paramedic training curriculum offered at approved provincial colleges and training institutions.

The Basic Life Support Patient Care Standards (Version 2.0) is available in PDF format as a download, as well as in hard-copy and CD-ROM formats from :

Publications Ontario
www.publications.gov.on.ca
Tel: 1-800-668-9938 or (416) 327-5300
Fax: (613) 556-2234
TTY: 1-800-268-7095

ISBN: 1-4249-2122-8 (print)
ISBN: 1-4249-2124-4 (CD-ROM)

Document download
Basic Patient Care Life Support Standards (Version 2.0)
293 pages | 2.5 Mb | PDF
Advanced Life Support (ALS) Patient Care Standards (Version 2.1)
94 pages | 172 Kb | PDF
Advanced Care Paramedic Examination - Study Guide and Sample Questions
8 pages | 162 Kb | PDF
Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant Examination - Study Guide and Sample Questions
13 pages | 122 Kb | PDF
Prehospital Emergency Care Syllabus
197 pages | 2.7 Mb | PDF
Quick Connect Spinal Immobilization System, Provider Handout
10 pages | 61 Kb | PDF
IV Monitoring Program, Provider Guide
39 pages | 827 Kb | PDF
Director of Ambulance Services
6 pages | 36 Kb | PDF
Chief Administrative Officer Contacts
6 pages | 36 Kb | PDF
Regional Training Coordinators (RTC) List
1 page | 12 Kb | PDF
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Certification Examination Documents and Study Guides

Application forms are available in electronic form for completion on computer (requiring Adobe Acrobat v.8 or later), or in smaller downloadable print-out-and-complete format (requiring Adobe Acrobat v.5 or later).

Select the appropriate version section and download the applicable files for each package. The section in red contains the electronic form versions, while the section in blue below contains the print-and-complete files.

Regardless of the version used to complete the applications, note that only hard-copy printed and signed applications will be accepted by Emergency Health Services Branch.

Electronic Online Form Versions of Examination Application Packages

 
Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant (AEMCA) Examination Package

AEMCA Theory Examination Application
English | French
AEMCA Application Package
English | French
AEMCA Theory Examination Withdrawal and Refund Application
English | French
AEMCA Examination Study Guide/Sample Questions
English Only
Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) Examination Package

ACP Theory Examination Application
English | French
ACP Application Package
English | French
ACP Theory Examination Withdrawal and Refund Application
English | French
ACP Examination Study Guide/Sample Questions
English Only
Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) Recognition (Pre-May 2001)

ACP Recognition Application
English | French
ACP Recognition Application Package
English | French
Aeromedical Examination Package

Aeromedical Theory Examination Application
English | French
Aeromedical Application Package
English | French
Aeromedical Theory Examination Withdrawal and Refund Application
English | French
Aeromedical Certification Examination Study Guide/Sample Questions
English Only
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Print-and-Complete Versions of Examination Application Packages

Document download
Advanced Emergency Medical Care Assistant (AEMCA) Examination Package

AEMCA Theory Examination Application
English | French
AEMCA Application Package
English | French
AEMCA Theory Examination Withdrawal and Refund Application
English | French
AEMCA Examination Study Guide/Sample Questions
English Only
Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) Examination Package

ACP Theory Examination Application
English | French
ACP Application Package
English | French
ACP Theory Examination Withdrawal and Refund Application
English | French
ACP Examination Study Guide/Sample Questions
English Only
Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) Recognition (Pre-May 2001)

ACP Recognition Application
English | French
ACP Recognition Application Package
English | French
Aeromedical Examination Package

Aeromedical Theory Examination Application
English | French
Aeromedical Application Package
English | French
Aeromedical Theory Examination Withdrawal and Refund Application
English | French
Aeromedical Certification Examination Study Guide/Sample Questions
English Only
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Web References

The following are available on the e-Laws website :

  • Ambulance Act & Regulations
  • Health Care Consent Act
  • Regulated Health Professions Act
  • Child & Family Service Act
  • Coroner's Act
  • Health Protection & Promotion Act
  • Highway Traffic Act
  • Mental Health Act
  • Occupational Health & Safety Act

Hard copies of these Acts may also be available from :

Publications Ontario
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Phone : (416) 326-5320


For more information

Emergency Health Services Branch
5700 Yonge Street, 6th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
Canada     M2M 4K5

Tel : 1-800-461-6431 (Toll-free in Ontario only)
Fax : 416-327-7911
Email : ehs.websitecontact@sdsx.moh.gov.on.ca

Call the ministry INFOline at 1-866-532-3161
(Toll-free in Ontario only)
TTY 1-800-387-5559
Hours of operation : 8:30am - 5:00pm
 
  
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