Australasian College of Paramedicine

What Australasian College of Paramedicine does

The Australasian College of Paramedicine (ACP) is a not-for-profit professional member organisation and the peak body representing over 10,000 paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in Umina, Australia, ACP is governed by a Board of Directors chaired by Ryan Lovett and operates as a member-funded entity with no parent company or external investors.

ACP's core product is the CPD Tracker, an online learning management system that enables paramedics to log Continuing Professional Development activity and demonstrate compliance with the Paramedicine Board of Australia and Te Kaunihera Manapou Paramedic Council. The product portfolio also includes an e-learning platform with hundreds of free and member courses, the bimonthly peer-reviewed Paramedicine journal (co-published with Paramedic Chiefs of Canada since February 2023), the quarterly RESPONSE magazine, and weekly and monthly eNewsletters (The Pulse and Rapid Response).

Revenue is generated through annual membership subscriptions across multiple tiers (including a free Student Connect tier), conference fees from the annual ACPIC international conference, and ancillary revenue from an insurance partnership with Guild Insurance. Distribution is largely self-serve via the paramedics.org membership portal, supplemented by annual conferences, research grant programmes, and regulatory consultations on standards affecting the profession. ACP has 11-50 employees and is jurisdictionally domiciled in Australia under NSW law.

Name

Australasian College of Paramedicine

Legal name

The Australasian College of Paramedicine

Website

https://paramedics.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1973

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Australasian College of Paramedicine is a not-for-profit peak professional body representing over 10,000 paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and New Zealand, delivering CPD tracking, e-learning, peer-reviewed publications, conferences, and advocacy since 1973.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Healthcare Membership Services

NAICS

Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Emergency Medical Services (EMT/Paramedic) Training (EDAOAMAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Continuing Education (CE/CPD) & Provider Accreditation Bodies (EDADACAF)

Keywords

• Paramedic professional membership
• Continuing professional development
• Paramedicine education
• Healthcare professional body
• Paramedic advocacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Umina

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Australasian College of Paramedicine (ACP) is a not-for-profit professional member organisation representing over 10,000 paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. It delivers member services including an online CPD Tracker, e-learning courses, conferences, peer-reviewed publications, advocacy, and access to professional indemnity insurance through a partnership with Guild Insurance.

Product overview

The Australasian College of Paramedicine is a not-for-profit professional member organisation offering a portfolio of services to over 10,000 paramedics and student paramedics across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand since 1973. The core digital product is the CPD Tracker, an online learning management system that enables paramedics to track their Continuing Professional Development to meet regulatory requirements. The College also publishes several print and digital publications including the peer-reviewed Paramedicine Journal (bimonthly, launched February 2023), RESPONSE Magazine (quarterly), and eNewsletters (Rapid Response monthly, The Pulse weekly). Insurance products are offered through a partnership with Guild Insurance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CPD Tracker

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Guild InsurancecoreOthersACP has established a relationship with Guild Insurance to provide insurance options for members that keep pace with the changing needs of the paramedic profession. Guild Insurance provides Professional Indemnity Insurance options specifically designed for paramedics.
• Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care (RNZCUC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint consultation on Urgent Care Standard 2026 - ACP participates in consultation processes regarding healthcare standards that affect paramedics
• The DAA GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner in consultation processes for healthcare standards affecting paramedics in New Zealand
• Paramedic Chiefs of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-publishing partner for the Paramedicine peer-reviewed journal, providing an international forum for paramedicine research dissemination

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Australian Physiotherapy Association: Peak national body for Australian physiotherapists delivering CPD tracking, courses, advocacy and publications — a structurally similar allied-health professional association operating in the same market.
• Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation: Largest Australian professional and industrial body for nurses and midwives, running CPD, advocacy and member benefits — a broader incumbent in adjacent allied health professional services.
• Australian Medical Association (AMA): Peak professional body for Australian doctors offering membership, advocacy, CPD and publications — a broader incumbent whose membership-services operating model closely mirrors ACP's at much larger scale.

Regional players

• College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA): Australian and NZ college for emergency nurses with CPD, education and conferences — a regional peer serving an adjacent emergency-care profession in the same geographies as ACP.
• American Ambulance Association: US trade association for ambulance services and EMS professionals offering education, advocacy and member services — a regional peer addressing the same paramedicine workforce in a different geography.
• Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care (RNZCUC): NZ professional body for urgent care practitioners and an existing ACP consultation partner on the Urgent Care Standard 2026, representing an adjacent regional membership model in the same geography.

Others

• Guild Insurance: ACP's insurance partner providing professional indemnity products to members; included as a closely coupled ecosystem participant rather than a direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Paramedic Association of Canada: Canadian national association representing paramedics with advocacy, education and member services, structurally aligned with ACP and notably a partner via the co-published Paramedicine journal.
• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT): US national association for EMTs and paramedics providing education, certification prep and advocacy — the largest direct global peer to ACP by membership scale and scope of services.
• College of Paramedics: UK professional body for paramedics, offering membership, CPD, education, advocacy and publications — directly analogous to ACP's mandate but serving the United Kingdom paramedicine workforce.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ACParamedicine
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/acparamedicine

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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