Recent content by Medic_Forever

I fully agree with you that there are many many factors regarding how long it takes to teach the material outlined for a class. As i said before i was not and do not condone "no show" classes. I will assume you are a more than competent ACLS instructor, who after years of teaching the same...

Unfort OEMS doesn't see it the same way we do. This incident happened in MA 4 or 5 months ago regarding a paramedic refresher. The instructor was well known, very popular, knowledgable and more than qualified to teach. All material was adequately covered and tested. So over the course of...

As long as you throw in everyone who has taken a 3 hour class that was finished in 2 hours yet still got 3 hours credit. Same thing. Your saying no exceptions right? These people that have gotten more credits than they sat for (myself included,and none of it intentional it is what it is) are...

Take it a step further. We all know there is a different level of comptence between say a street medic in a busy city sytem, vs a part time medic in a rural system, vs a volunteer service that doesnt have a ton of responses. So the full time city medic that has been doing this as a career for...

Same thing happened to me. When i called OEMS and asked them about my poending approval numbers they told me to just hold the classes using a blank roster. When the number arrives (4 months later) just fill out the top and send it in. No problem according to OEMS. They constantly break the...

This exact statement above is a topic that has been discussed for years at training meetings with regions and OEMS. FYI as far as OEMS is concerned your 4 hour CEU class that you only need to spend 2 hours in is considered a fraudulent class unless the instructor advises OEMS to reduce the...

Not Sure where you got all this info. Lexington FD has not shut down. A medic in that department has been flagged as one of those giving out bogus cards though. From what i hear from OEMS, the most anyone was temporarily suspended for was 3-5 days until they completed "Emergency retraining"...