To clarify the future demands on the paramedic in the
primary care setting, and to identify the basic skills, training,
and professional capacity which paramedics of the future will
undoubtedly require, the evidence concerned with paramedic
practice was explored by an indepth search of literature
published between January 1995 and April 2004. Data
sources accessed are shown in box 2. The search terms (box
3) used were wide and varied because of the lack of
publications evidenced in this field of study