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The out‐of‐hospital setting is not the same as the controlled environment of the hospital and the unpredictable and uncontrolled nature of paramedicine requires that the practising paramedic performs the work that would be done by three different health professionals in a hospital. This places a great responsibility on the paramedic when it comes to the safe and effective use of medicines. The paramedic must be an expert in both the correct choice and administration of medications. In addition, because the environment in which the paramedic is operating is particularly conducive to making errors, the paramedic must also be constantly vigilant and ensure the stringent and consistent checking of medication route, dose, time, expiration date and patient. As the scope of paramedic practice increases and more medications are administered in the prehospital setting, the need for paramedics to have a mastery of medicines becomes even greater.