Utah EMS Education Update
October 2019
In This Issue
State and Local Component CME Requirements
Ready... Set...Renew!
If your providers are coming off a 4 year license and are using the old rule to gain their CME. The Traditional Refresher model document will be helpful for you. There are some changes to this because as explained below the subcategories will be eliminated, but it is still helpful.
Elimination of age requirement for National Registry
The National Registry had a public comment period and have addressed the responses we received. We are happy to report that on October 1, 2019, candidates under the age of 18 will be eligible for National EMS Certification, pending successful completion of the other certification requirements.
For Utah, we will clear a candidate who is not 18 to test, however in order for them to be licensed as an EMT, AEMT, or Paramedic they will have to be 18 years old.
NREMT is Going Digital
For those who need a physical or PDF copy of the card, EMS professionals can access, obtain or print their ID via the National Registry iOS or Android app, or the National Registry website.
The Utah Bureau of EMS and Preparedness is supportive of primary source verification. We no longer print and mail cards because of the need to ensure anyone can look up a provider in real time.
NREMT Simplified Application
While recertification standards have not changed, the listing of your continuing education has been simplified. Starting October 1, you will assign courses to five main categories – Airway/Respiration/Ventilation, Cardiovascular, Trauma, Medical and Operations.
The National Registry’s focus is on the quality of the overall content instead of the time assignments of the unique subtopics. An EMS professional's requirements are met as long as all of the subtopics of each main category are represented and the hourly requirements of the major categories are achieved. For verification, we look at the title, the description and all attached documents for indications a subtopic was covered.
EMS Safety Course
The Utah Association of EMTs and the Bureau of EMS and Preparedness are co-hosting this EMS Safety Course and you are invited! This training is free to agencies and helps us focus on EMS Safety. A description of the course is below.
NAEMT’s EMS Safety course teaches students how to protect themselves and their patients while on the job. It promotes a culture of safety and helps reduce the number of on-the-job fatalities and injuries. EMS Safety is the only national, comprehensive safety course for EMS practitioners. Its interactive format features real-life case studies and compelling discussions on current safety issues, and provides participants with a forum to share their own experiences. Critical thinking stations help build participants’ risk assessment and decision-making skills.
Participants are taught:
- To identify and manage the hazards that can appear during daily tasks, from offensive drivers to violent encounters to chronic stress.
- Practical strategies that they can apply in the field, from situational awareness to defensive driving to verbal deflection.
- How to strengthen their resiliency skills in order to combat both chronic and critical incident stress.
Topics covered include:
- Applying crew resource management in EMS.
- Utilizing situational awareness and defensive driving for safe emergency vehicle operations.
- Employing multi-agency pre-planning, vehicle and practitioner visibility techniques, and defensive staging practices at roadside incidents.
- Utilizing lift assist teams, lifting and moving equipment, and behavioral controls to protect both EMS practitioners and patients from injury.
- Employing situational awareness to continually assess for the potential of violence on the scene and verbal and physical techniques to deescalate potential threats.
- Practicing infection and contagion control to protect both EMS practitioners and patients from emerging threats.
- Strengthening resiliency skills to help EMS practitioners cope with daily and critical incident stress.
- Ensuring personal readiness for the daily challenges and hazards of working in the field through optimal personal health.
EMS Safety is offered as an 8-hour classroom course and is appropriate for all levels of EMS practitioners, other medical professionals providing prehospital patient care, and EMS supervisors and administrators. Students who successfully complete the course receive a certificate of completion and a wallet card good for 4 years. EMS Safety is accredited by CAPCE and recognized by NREMT.
Wednesday, Nov 20, 2019, 08:00 AM
3760 S Highland Dr, Millcreek, UT, USA
Save the Date!
2020 UAEMT CONVENTION
May 7th-9th, 2020
Red Lion Hotel, St. George, Utah
Registration is open!
We hope you will join us for this year's Utah Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Annual Convention in St. George, May 7th-9th, 2020. The convention will feature Classic AIR training, a UAEMT business meeting, mass casualty exercise & skills competition, awards, elections, and much more!
Get complete details, register online, and view a schedule of events on our registration page here.
New EMS Instructor for Current Educators
To Register:
Go to emslicense.utah.gov and login to your account,
- Select Training from the left navigation. Use the Course number/name search to find and register for the course you need to complete for your certification. The course number for this Instructor session is IS2019176
- After you have successfully registered for the training course then select Applications from the left navigation. Select the EMS Instructor application.
Wednesday, Oct 30, 2019, 08:00 AM
1594 West North Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
New EMS Instructor Course
Go to emslicense.utah.gov and login to your account,
- Select Training from the left navigation. Use the Course number/name search to find and register for the course you need to complete for your certification. The course number for this Instructor session is IS2019141
- After you have successfully registered for the training course then select Applications from the left navigation. Select the EMS Instructor application.
Wednesday, Oct 23, 2019, 08:00 AM
5545 West 3100 South, West Valley City, UT, USA
New EMS Course Coordinator Course
Go to emslicense.utah.gov and login to your account,
- Select Training from the left navigation. Use the Course number/name search to find and register for the course you need to complete for your certification. The course number for this Course Coordinator session is CC2019167
- After you have successfully registered for the training course then select Applications from the left navigation. Select the EMS Course Coordinator application.
Friday, Nov 22, 2019, 08:00 AM
3760 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
EMS Instructor Update Seminar
Go to emslicense.utah.gov and login to your account,
- Select Training from the left navigation. Use the Course number/name search to find and register for the course you need to complete for your certification. The course number for this Instructor session is IS2019171
- After you have successfully registered for the training course then select Applications from the left navigation. Select the EMS Instructor application.
Friday, Feb 28, 2020, 08:00 AM
Hilton Garden Inn St. George, South Convention Center Drive, St. George, UT, USA
Training Officer Update Seminar
Go to emslicense.utah.gov and login to your account,
- Select Training from the left navigation. Use the Course number/name search to find and register for the course you need to complete for your certification. The course number for this Instructor session is TO2019172
- After you have successfully registered for the training course then select Applications from the left navigation. Select the EMS Instructor application.
NOTE: This session will start immediately following the EMS Instructor Seminar. It is recommended you arrive 1 hour early if this is the only session you are coming to.
Friday, Feb 28, 2020, 04:00 PM
Hilton Garden Inn St. George, South Convention Center Drive, St. George, UT, USA
Course Coordinator Update Seminar
Go to emslicense.utah.gov and login to your account,
- Select Training from the left navigation. Use the Course number/name search to find and register for the course you need to complete for your certification. The course number for this Instructor session is CC2019173
- After you have successfully registered for the training course then select Applications from the left navigation. Select the EMS Instructor application.
NOTE: This session will start immediately following the EMS Instructor Seminar. It is recommended you arrive 1 hour early if this is the only session you are coming to.
Friday, Feb 28, 2020, 05:00 PM
Hilton Garden Inn St. George, South Convention Center Drive, St. George, UT, USA
Bureau of EMS and Preparedness
Email: ems@utah.gov
Website: bemsp.utah.gov
Location: 3760 South Highland Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Phone: 801-273-6666
Facebook: facebook.com/ubemsp
Twitter: @ubemsp