Out-of-hospital or pre-hospital: Is it time to reconsider the language used to describe and define paramedicine?

Linda J Ross; Alan Eade; Brendan Shannon; Brett Williams

doi:10.1016/j.auec.2022.01.002

Out-of-hospital or pre-hospital: Is it time to reconsider the language used to describe and define paramedicine?

Australas Emerg Care. 2022 Sep;25(3):177-178. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2022.01.002. Epub 2022 Feb 10.

Authors

Linda J Ross¹, Alan Eade², Brendan Shannon³, Brett Williams⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. Electronic address: linda.ross@monash.edu.
² Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Safer Care Victoria, Victoria, Australia; Ambulance Victoria, Victoria, Australia.
³ Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia; Ambulance Victoria, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Department of Paramedicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 35151617
DOI: 10.1016/j.auec.2022.01.002

Abstract

The professionalisation of paramedicine in Australasia necessitates discussion about how the profession defines and describes itself in the literature and more broadly. This editorial discusses the descriptors pre-hospital care and out-of-hospital care, and the connotations, relevance and implications of their use to describe paramedic roles and practice.

Keywords: Out-of-hospital; Paramedicine; Pre-hospital.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Allied Health Personnel
Emergency Medical Technicians*
Hospitals
Humans
Language*