History
The Paramedic Association of Canada (PAC), formerly the Canadian Society of Ambulance Personnel (CSAP), is Canada’s only EMS organization of prehospital practitioners. The association has been in existence since 1988 and is currently comprised of over 14,000 practitioners located in the following divisional chapters: British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Canadian Armed Forces.
Goal
The Association is a national organization of prehospital practitioners that exists to promote quality and professional patient care through working relationships among organizations with similar interests. Protection of the Public and development of the profession in the public interest is the foundation. This mission will be accomplished by allowing the association to serve as a nexus for consensus building among all stakeholders. The purpose of PAC is to represent the practitioners on a national level. It accomplishes this goal through cooperative consensus building. The Association affiliates but does not find or seek endorsements from other related fields.