The Irish Journal of Paramedicine (IJP) is an open access, peer-reviewed, international journal dedicated to advancing and promoting the science of paramedicine, prehospital care, research, education, policy, management and operational delivery, with a focus on Irish research.

It is free to read, and free to publish in the IJP. We do not charge any fees of any kind. Registering as a user of the site is optional - all content can be accessed without a user account.

The Irish Journal of Paramedicine (IJP) is the official journal of the Irish College of Paramedics, the professional body for Irish prehospital emergency care practitioners.

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The views expressed by the authors of articles published in the Irish Journal of Paramedicine are not necessarily those of the Irish College of Paramedics or the IJP editorial board and should not be quoted as such.

This journal adheres to all recommendations and guidelines of International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The Irish Journal of Paramedicine is copyrighted under the Berne Convention and the International Copyright Convention. IJP is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Article copyright remains with individual authors. Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work. Electronic ISSN 2009-938X.

We deposit a copy of all Irish healthcare related articles with Lenus, the Irish Health Repository and eDepositIreland. The IJP is also listed with DOAJ, WorldCat, ScienceOpen and Google Scholar. These steps ensure a permanent archived copy and record of all articles is openly accessible.