Guidelines for Authors

The International Journal of Paramedicine (IJOP) is a forum for scholarly contributions and state-of-theart research relevant to patient care and the growth and advancement of paramedicine, including the areas of paramedic leadership, management, education, operations, culture, professional and clinical practice.The IJOP encourages exploration of paramedicine from diverse theoretical and practical views from all disciplines, including business and economics; the natural, basic, and applied sciences; and the humanities, social sciences, and arts.Priority will be given to submissions that use sound theoretical or conceptual frameworks, strong methodological design, and relevance to the international paramedic community.All methodologies such as quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and knowledge syntheses will be considered.NEMSMA is a longtime collaborator with National Association of EMS Physicians in support of Prehospital Emergency Care.In continuation of that relationship, IJOP and PEC have established a collaborative relationship that will the facilitate the exchange of submissions in certain circumstances based in part on which journal may be the best fit for a particular manuscript.