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I'm current taking my EMT-P course, and I'm just curious how does one obtain CCEMT-P? Is it an additional course or just experience? Thanks!
 
JCEMTB said:
I'm current taking my EMT-P course, and I'm just curious how does one obtain CCEMT-P? Is it an additional course or just experience? Thanks!
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That depends on whether you just want a patch or really want to understand critical care medicine.

One should have a strong foundation in the sciences (A&P, Pharmacology, Microbiology, Pathophysiology, Chemistry, Math) at the college level and not just the overviews before attempting critical care transport.

UMBC has the CCEMTP (Critical Care Emergency Transport Program) which is approximately 80 hours of an overview of an overview of critical care transport. It will give you a pretty patch and is recognized by many agencies as being "adequate".
http://ehs.umbc.edu/CE/CCEMT-P/

You could also study on your own and take the Flight Paramedic (FP-C) and/or the CC-P exam for more patches. Usually just a good review book will get you through one of these exams but you may have no clue what you just memorized.
http://www.bcctpc.org/

Or, you could just find an ambulance service that will give you a couple hours training in the back room of the station and issue you a patch that says CCEMT-P to ride on a "CCT truck".

Here's a good article from Dr. Bledsoe:

http://www.ems1.com/ems-products/consulting-management/articles/421845-The-Vanity-of-EMS/
 
ah okay

Thanks ventmedic! I was just curious because that cert is a relatively new thing to me. Would you need CCEMT as was as the FP cert to try to get to be a flight medic?
 
Just relax....

You are currently in paramedic school, so focus on that. Take those college level courses as they will make a difference.

Remember, most flight programs want you to have a minimum of 3-5 YEARS in a BUSY service providing ALS care.

While you are cutting your teeth with your new patch, do those college courses if you have not already done so. Also know that simply because you have 3-5 years experience, this does not mean you will fly. It is very competitive and you will be competing against people who have college degrees in addition to those cert courses.
 
good point.

Yea very true. I was/kinda still working at it a biology major so I've taken a lot of the A&P and micro and other biology courses, should help in the long run. Just been lookin to gather a bit of info is all.
 
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