The Australian College of Ambulance Professionals (ACAP) is the leading representative association for professionals engaged in the delivery of pre-hospital emergency medical systems. ACAP provides a national platform for policies and representation to enhance the quality of pre-hospital emergency patient care in Australia.

ACAP does this by representing the interests of its members throughout Australia on matters relating to:

• professional pre-hospital care and associated issues;
• enhancing the professional standards of education, training, continuing development and accreditation;
• communication, cooperation and interaction between ACAP members and members of allied professional associations;
• promoting the attainment of national registration for all paramedics who have nationally recognised qualifications and expertise in the provision of emergency pre-hospital services.

ACAP supports its membership by:

• providing opportunities for ongoing education;
• the provision of a general interest paramedic magazine (Response) and a scientific peer reviewed electronic journal (Journal of Primary Healthcare);
• providing opportunities for evidence based research to be undertaken, presented and published via our Annual Conference, Research Forum and Journal of Emergency Primary Healthcare.

JEPHC is the Official Journal of the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals and is published in partnership with the Monash University Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies (MUCAPS).

The focus of JEPHC is the multidisciplinary emergency primary health care community.

This issue presents Guest Editorial by Cameron Glass, titled “An exploration of expanded paramedic healthcare roles for Queensland.” - A Canadian Perspective.

Abstracts from the 2007 ACAP National Conference are also available in the current JEPHC.

The Australian College of Ambulance Professionals, Student Paramedic Association (ACAP SPA) is an association which functions at a national level in conjunction with state ACAP branches and their executives. ACAP SPA is directly linked to all university based student paramedic societies and provides the students with various networks to professionally develop, support students needs, interact with other states and contribute to the progression of pre hospital care within Australia.

Check out this edition now.  Response welcomes and encourages any new articles or ideas, as well as feedback or discussion issues through letters to the editor.  If you have prepared a report as part of work or study - why not consider submitting this for publication?  We are seeking written contributions and ambulance related photos for upcoming editions.  Visit the Response web page for more information or send an email to editor@acap.org.au.