The purpose of the Code of Ethics is to promote, guide, and direct professional paramedic practice.
The Code of Ethics provides the guideline through which the public can judge professional practice. The Code of Ethics lists, defines, and describes the values of the paramedic and provides guidance for how these values are to be enacted. These statements are intended to provide a guide that enables paramedics to make appropriate decisions and to understand what actions to take when exercising professional judgment as part of their duty.
Each paramedic has the responsibility to adhere to the Code of Ethics upon entering the paramedicine profession. Paramedics are accountable to behave ethically. As health and public safety professionals, paramedics are expected to apply these values in professional practice and, where it has an impact on professional practice, in life.
Paramedics have a responsibility to the patient and others, to the profession, to self, and to society.
