NREMT - Distributive Education Limits Lifted for 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the National Registry recognizes the unique needs and concerns of EMS professionals. One of those concerns is the uncertainty and limited availability of classroom education.
On Monday, August 17, 2020, The National Registry's Board of Directors responded by announcing the decision to waive the Distributive Education (DE) limits in the NCCP Model for the 2021 recertification season to ensure EMS professionals could maintain their national certification while assuring continued competency.
“The National Registry and our Board of Directors carefully and thoughtfully made this decision,” said Bill Seifarth, executive director of the National Registry. “We sought input and feedback from a wide array of stakeholders and our liaison organizations.”
Distributive Education limits removed for the recertification cycle ending March 30, 2021 (EMT, AEMT, Paramedic) and September 30, 2021 (EMR)
EMTs, AEMTs and Paramedics who are due to recertify on March 30, 2021 will have no limits on Distributive Education. This allows all continuing education to be accomplished online through any state-accepted or CAPCE-accredited program or education site. Of course, in-person continuing education will also be accepted. The same will apply to EMRs due to recertify on September 30, 2021.
Distribution Education limits will be restored for the recertification cycle ending March 30, 2022 (EMT, AEMT, Paramedic) and September 30, 2022 (EMR)
DE limits will be restored for the 2022 recertification cycle. Providers at all levels who have an expiration date in 2022 must follow the NCCP 2016 Model Requirements, including DE limits. The DE limits and NCCP Model Requirements are available on our website:
EMR - https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/document/emr-recert
EMT - https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/document/emt-recert
AEMT - https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/document/advancedemt-recert
NRP - https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/document/paramedic-recert
“The National Registry continues to encourage in-person continuing education where and when available,” added Seifarth. “But we are mindful of the significant exposure risks each of you already take on a daily basis on the front lines of the pandemic. We hope to limit those risks by eliminating the DE limits through the 2021 recertification season.”
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The World Trauma Symposium
Designed by NAEMT's Prehospital Trauma Committee, the symposium will feature insights from the top global experts who are delivering these new solutions. The program incorporates expert presentations, panel discussions, debates, time for participant questions, the latest trauma technology, and opportunities to network with practitioners and physicians from around the world. It's prehospital trauma education you can't get anywhere else!
Learning Objectives:
- Describe best practices for tourniquet use on pediatric patients.
- Identify adult and pediatric airway management techniques.
- Identify the impact of COVID-19 on prehospital and trauma care.
- Explain the difference in various prehospital analgesia.
- Summarize agency use of whole blood in prehospital care.
- Recognize critical errors in multi trauma prehospital procedures.
- Compare thoracic trauma treatment approaches for tension pneumothorax.
- Recognize innovative approaches to hemodynamic control of traumatic bleeding.
National Registry Releases 2021 Fee Schedule
The National Registry continues to communicate the 2021 initial certification fee schedule that was announced to State EMS Officials in January 2020.
Effective January 1, 2021, initial certification fees, per cognitive examination attempt, are:
- EMR: $85
- EMT: $98
- AEMT: $136
- Paramedic: $152
We are committed to maintaining a valid, secure, accessible and legally defensible certification process for EMS personnel in the United States. As you know, we are embracing new technology, updating our examinations, and modernizing all aspects of the organization. Our Strengthening the Core initiatives – which we’ve been speaking about this past year - are ongoing to ensure we are positioned to respond to the evolving needs of the EMS profession and the needs of you and your colleagues.
As a reminder, the new fees will be effective January 1, 2021.
Intermountain Center for Disaster Preparedness (ICDP)
REMINDER: All in-person ICDP courses have been canceled. We continue to monitor public health guidance and safety measures. Canceled courses will be rescheduled as soon as it is safe and permissible to do so.
VIRTUAL Lunch & Learn Series: Earthquakes Don’t Stop for Pandemics
Registration: https://www.train.org/utah/admin/course/1092379/live_event (UTrain Course # 1092379) – additional WebEx registration information will be available on the UTrain page after registration
When: Wednesday, August 26, 11:30am-1:30pm
Where: Online via WebEx (NOTE: WebEx course information will available on UTrain after registration)
Cost: Free
Presented by Dr. Kristine Pankow, Associate Director of the University of Utah Seismograph Stations and a Research Professor in the University’s Department of Geology and Geophysics.
In the weeks after the COVID-19 pandemic reached the United States and protective measures began to change our lives, Utah and Idaho were rocked by a series of earthquakes and aftershocks. Please join the ICDP in welcoming Dr. Pankow as she discusses some of the recent earthquakes in the region with a focus on the Magna quake that shook the state.
SAVE THE DATE! 2020 Disaster Symposium
Registration: Will be available on UTrain soon!
When: Four Wednesdays: October 28, November 4, November 11, and November 18; 11:30am-1:00pm each day
Where: Online via WebEx (NOTE: WebEx course information will available on UTrain after registration)
Cost: Free
Please join the ICDP for our annual Disaster Symposium, now online! The 2020 Virtual Symposium will be hosted on WebEx and will be divided into four 90-minute sessions starting on Wednesday, October 28.
To register for courses, create an account at https://www.train.org/Utah and search for the course number.
Course flyers:
Pediatric Emergency & Trauma Outreach Series (PETOS)
Free BEMSP CME on Pediatrics for EMS
Sept 14th, 2020
2pm -4pm
Until further notice these presentations will be conducted on the Zoom virtual platform. Join us on Zoom each 2nd Monday at 02:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/94511520346?pwd=bDYrMHBvclhTV0Z0UElSL253T21MQT09
Meeting ID: 945 1152 0346
Password: 1LrcTf
Archived presentations can be viewed and also qualify for CE. Access at https://intermountainhealthcare.org/primary-childrens/classes-events/petos
Pediatric lectures for EMS. Face time with PCH attending physicians. These lectures occur on the 2nd Monday of each month from 2-3 p.m. Watch the webinar. It will qualify for pediatric CE from the Utah Department of Health Bureau of EMS and Preparedness.
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Bureau of EMS and Preparedness
