IRCP

04/02/2026

At our 2025 IRCP event, in his presentation Beyond Triple Zero (000): Supporting Rural and Remote Communities through Paramedic Connect, Tom Doyle Byrne, Coordinator of Integrated Care at NSW Ambulance, shared insights into supporting rural and remote communities through integrated care initiatives.

The NSW Ambulance Paramedic Connect program integrates paramedics into the broader health workforce in small rural communities, providing community and primary healthcare while maintaining emergency response capacity.

Primary clinical activities included welfare checks, patient monitoring, and regular medication administration, with the program operating in small rural towns and remote communities.

Read Tom Doyle Byrne’s full abstract:
https://loom.ly/EIXPIPw

03/26/2026

From 5–7 October, Regensburg, Germany will host IRCP 2026.

This international forum offers a unique opportunity for collaboration, bringing together healthcare leaders and decision-makers to exchange ideas and strengthen future-focused healthcare systems.

You can register for IRCP 2026 here: https://loom.ly/1eGiaN4

03/19/2026

Abstract submissions are now open for the 22nd Forum of the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine, taking place October 5–7 in Regensburg, Bayern, Germany.

There is a unique magic to IRCP — born from open collaboration, meaningful conversation, and the lifelong friendships formed around a shared commitment to advancing community paramedicine. This is where ideas become action. Attendees engage in joint research and publications, develop operational recommendations, explore education reform and curriculum development, and examine evolving regulatory models that shape practice worldwide.

Learn more: https://events.prehos.net/IRCP2026 #/

03/12/2026

Abstract submissions are now open for the 22nd Forum of the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine, taking place October 5–7 in Regensburg, Bayern, Germany.

There is a unique magic to IRCP — born from open collaboration, meaningful conversation, and the lifelong friendships formed around a shared commitment to advancing community paramedicine. This is where ideas become action. Attendees engage in joint research and publications, develop operational recommendations, explore education reform and curriculum development, and examine evolving regulatory models that shape practice worldwide.

Learn more:

22nd Annual Forum on Community Paramedicine, hosted by the Bavarian Red Cross in Regensburg, Germany | 5–7 Oct 2026

03/05/2026

From 5–7 October, Regensburg, Germany will host IRCP 2026.

This international forum offers a unique opportunity for collaboration, bringing together healthcare leaders and decision-makers to exchange ideas and strengthen future-focused healthcare systems.

You can register for IRCP 2026 here: https://loom.ly/1eGiaN4

02/25/2026

At our 2025 IRCP event, in her keynote address Rural Australia is the economic powerhouse of our nation: how do we keep rural Australians including the rural health workforce healthy and thriving?, Susi Tegen set the scene on Australia’s health landscape, with a clear focus on rural health.

Rural Australians make up close to 30 percent of the population. They do not receive an equitable share of the health spend, have barriers that those in cities do not face including; higher costs, less health workforce, the tyranny of distance and as a result suffer worse health outcomes.

Susi Tegen discussed the challenges, the solutions which are about different health funding models for rural and “growing our own” rural health workforce. She also discussed how we can lead the way for excellent rural health solutions and support our multidisciplinary health workforce spread across the country.

Read Susi Tegen's full abstract: https://loom.ly/LaTcLhE

The Council of Ambulance Authorities

02/12/2026

From 5–7 October, Regensburg, Germany will host IRCP 2026.

This international forum offers a unique opportunity for collaboration, bringing together healthcare leaders and decision-makers to exchange ideas and strengthen future-focused healthcare systems.

More details coming soon, stay tuned: https://loom.ly/-C69GOs

02/04/2026

Reflecting on a compelling presentation from IRCP 2025, Duncan McConnell explored how primary healthcare principles can be embedded into undergraduate paramedic education, drawing on the value of community paramedicine placements in building clinical reasoning.

Insights like these continue to shape conversations across the sector. Join us at IRCP 2026 as we bring together international leaders, researchers and practitioners to explore innovative approaches to flexible and reliable healthcare delivery.

Read Duncan McConnell's full abstract: https://loom.ly/GWZfTGE

The Council of Ambulance Authorities

01/27/2026

As Victoria’s Chief Paramedic Officer, Dr Louise Reynolds is an Associate Professor in Paramedicine (ACU) and adjunct Professor (La Trobe University). Beginning her paramedicine career as a student paramedic with SA Ambulance Service, she has then transitioned to academic, research and leadership roles in Australia, UK and SE Asia. She is recognised as Australia’s first female paramedic with a doctoral degree that focused on paramedicine workplace culture.

During her keynote address at the 2025 IRCP event, her presentation focused on 'Policy perspectives on integrating community paramedics into rural primary care settings'. In Australia, Community paramedicine (CP) has the potential to address primary care needs in vulnerable populations. Given that registered paramedics are currently the only health workforce in oversupply, CP roles offer an alternative career opportunity outside of jurisdictional ambulance service settings.

Read Dr Louise Reynolds' abstract: https://loom.ly/8pEFurQ

The Council of Ambulance Authorities

01/21/2026

From 5–7 October, Regensburg, Germany will host IRCP 2026.

This international forum offers a unique opportunity for collaboration, bringing together healthcare leaders and decision-makers to exchange ideas and strengthen future-focused healthcare systems.

More details coming soon, stay tuned: https://loom.ly/-C69GOs

01/15/2026

delegates were treated to a fantastic presentation by Dr Buck Reed of Charles Sturt University, and posed the question "Is community paramedicine a specialty"?

In paramedicine, creating specialist roles and credentials often carries political weight, helping to establish distinct professional identities. Generalist paramedics have traditionally been seen as the backbone of the workforce, though they lack the unique knowledge and status of specialists. Community paramedicine, however, can be viewed not as a specialisation but as a distinct domain of practice with its own specialised knowledge and methods. Community paramedicine involves a different focus of care provision to traditional ambulance-based practice, although the two areas of practice intersect.

Read Dr Reeds abstract - https://loom.ly/4NHgkL8

The Council of Ambulance Authorities

12/30/2025

Desiree O'Brien of NSW Ambulance took to the podium this year at , where she discussed the Howlong Community Emergency Response Team.

Since commencing operations in October 2023, they have completed 142 responses to 000 calls for ambulance assistance (10/02/25) and have arrived before paramedics in 139/142. For the community, Howlong CERT have provided initial clinical care to their patients in 98% cases, leading to improved health outcomes for the community.

The project’s success means Howlong has now formed the blueprint for future CERT initiatives in identified locations across NSW.

Learn more about the CERT role in communities - https://loom.ly/EaiKykQ