A joint position statement advocating for an associate degree requirement for paramedics to improve care and enhance the profession.
May prompt EMS systems to require associate degrees for paramedics; reinforces consensus on formal education to improve prehospital care.
The National Association of EMS Educators, the National EMS Management Association, and the International Association of Flight and Critical Care Paramedics believe the time has come for paramedics to be trained through a formal education process that culminates with an associate degree. Once implemented a degree requirement will improve the care delivered by paramedics and enhance paramedicine as a heath profession.
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Caffrey et al. (2018) conducted an editorial in Paramedic education. Associate degree requirement was evaluated. Major EMS and paramedic associations recommend that paramedics be trained through a formal education process culminating in an associate degree to improve care and enhance the profession.
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