The International Critical Care Paramedic Group
The International Critical Care Paramedic Group is a special interest group, made up of critical care paramedics from across the world.
The ICCP aims to:
• Advance the role of Critical Care Paramedics, including working towards developing an international consensus on the role of Critical Care Paramedics.
• Share and expand knowledge about national and international pre-hospital critical care practice.
• Provide education to all on the role of Critical Care Paramedics.
Since the publication of the College of Paramedics (CoP) Career Framework Document in 2014 there has been nationwide interest and dialogue about what this means for clinicians involved in Critical Care. In 2018 a proposal was made to the UK College of Paramedics’ for the formation of a Special Interest Group focused on Critical Care Paramedics. In 2019, Christian Wiggin received a Churchill Fellowship to travel to Australasia to examine and learn from Paramedic led Critical Care teams. From this international network of Critical Care Paramedics, the decision was made to expand this special interest group to an international body to improve communication and collaboration between Critical Care Paramedics across the world. The first meeting of the ICCP was undertaken in 2020, with the group slowly growing since this time. One such speciality that is developing is the role of the Critical Care Paramedic. This is a post-registration function that is designed to be deployed to time critical patients with life threatening medical emergencies.
The role of this group is to standardise language and share knowledge amongst Critical Care Paramedics from across the world in order to support the delivery of the highest quality, evidence based care to patients, regardless of their geographical location. To find out more please visit - https://theiccpg.org/