That makes it a very important number. Your name and signature may not always be legible but if you want to be notified quickly of possible infectious disease exposure, your number will be the easiest identifier as your company will know it or it will be on the state website (U.S.). It is also a tracking number for your CEUs which FL does have a very nice system set up with a service that keeps all my license numbers and records for all of my CEUs. It can also be your sign-on for secure EMS forums where you can not be anonymous. Any correspondence with your state can be expedited with the use of the number. Even if your name changes by marriage, your Paramedic number will stay the same which makes tracking your history easier. If your name is common to many, it will also keep from mixups at the state level which could mean not getting your license revoked when it was supposed to be the other Mr. Smith. Computers also like numbers when it comes to renewals and can make that process a little easier.
