overseasbound

To revive an old post: Yes, I do know of some German speaking paramedics who made it to Oz and NZ. Fox800, how did you go?

SJA WA recently got a large funding boost, the Health department is exercising more control, clinical governance measures have been instated, new protocols coming out, iPads as a form of ePCRs are arriving etc etc, not to mention the higher than average pay packet. The service seems to be moving forward at a high pace. Heaps of other overseas medics here, seems like every second paramedic has a UK or South African accent!

Hi all, By the end of this year I will have studied and worked here in Australia for close to three years at an ALS level with the ambulance service. Would love to head overseas...have heard some pretty good things about Canada in general, as well as some of their ambulance services. Now, there are no perfect services out there, but it would be great if you guys could give me a bit of a feel what to expect. Thinking either Toronto region or Vancouver - i want big city EMS, not rural. I've read all the relevant pages on the web, but still some things are written on the complicated side. Toronto (incl. Peel etc): Have heard they only do PCP intakes, although I may be able to get my ACP qualifications. How long do you need to be a PCP for prior to becoming an ACP? What is it like working as an PCP - all emergency work, or transfers? Skillset seems pretty basic (I know I know, not all of our job is pure skills...) BCAS: What are the chances of getting in to Vancouver directly? Don't want to apply, get in, and have to sit in a log cabin responding to a single callout in three days. Maybe when I'm older, but not now. Have heard though that they take direct intakes of ACPs though. Has anybody else gone through the equivalency of becoming a PCP/ACP? Thanks in advance everybody!