Here's the history from the IBSC website
I was getting my FP-C recert info in order, noticed this, and remembered this post
BCCTPC was formed in the summer of 2000
IBSC was formed in Jan. 2016
Thank you everyone for your responses!
Based on these responses, I decided to go ahead and recert my CCEMTP.
I just received my new card this morning, so I'm good until Nov. 2026.
I really do appreciate everyone's responses!
My agency is on the East Coast and provided the CCEMTP course for those of us that were going to work on our CCT, starting in 2002, when I took the course.
I will say that the CCEMTP is/was a good introduction to CCT, and I learned a lot from it, when I took it in 2002.
I have been FP-C...
I have maintained my CCEMTP (2002) for 21 years and am now considering letting it lapse.
I also have, and maintain, my FP-C and CCP-C, but I have maintained my CCEMTP as I heard (however I can't find hard evidence to confirm) that some states accept/require CCEMTP for their states Critical Care...
I will defer to you then, as you were "there" at that time, and I came in just after.
Thank you for the history, that I was unaware of.
Always good to learn something new.
I believe you are incorrect, as I believe the BCCTPC was started in 2000, specifically for the FP-C, by NFPA (but separate).
I took the CCEMTP class in 2002, and in 2003 I attended a FP-C "prep course" (for the Con-Ed toward my CCEMT-P) and trust me, the vast majority of the people there taking...
Googled a little, and yes, it was BCCTPC.
https://www.jems.com/news/specialty-certifications-in-ems/
https://www.naemt.org/docs/default-source/community-paramedicine/cp-c-press-release-dec-2015.pdf?sfvrsn=0
https://www.jsomonline.org/Editorials/2013399Clark.pdf
I enjoyed watching that.
Just a thought, as I have no BA in History and am but a simple Paramedic who is a history buff.
WW I was a LONG time before 1938, at least when I learned history (I do realize that in the last few years many have been rewriting history, anatomy, etc., so I guess that...