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Where I work, all that is required for PARAMEDICS is you CPR card and a valid EMT-P card in the state(and a state driver's license). We do NOT have to have ACLS, PALS/PEPP, PHTLS/ITLS, or National Registry.

We are given(read: sit in 'class' for two days a year) our minimum required con-ed every year to fulfill the state requirement, and every two years we recertify our CPR.

I'd like to know what your agency/company/dept. requires.
 
National registry paramedic. ACLS. PALS. PHTLS. Evoc. CPR.

We attend a paid con ed session every month. We complete "daily training" every duty tour. We are also required to maintain competency in the various divisions we work in. For example, our hazmat guys have to maintain their certs. Bike team must meet the requirements set in the SOP. Required training is paid for by the department.

I was a few CE short for my NR Recert last year, so the department sent me to JEMS.

We are very focused on training and education. There are very few non degreed medics in my department and those that lack degrees are "strongly encouraged" to acquire it. It's a promotion requirement and one of the requirements for a merit increase.
 
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For California for initial licensure must have NREMT cert, doesn't need to be maintained for continued licesure.

For County Accreditation: State License + ACLS, CPR

For employing agencies: State License + ACLS, PALS, CPR, PHTLS/ITLS, Pulse
 
State cert, ambulance license, medical green card for ambulance license, CPR, EVOC, ICS 100,200,700,800, driver license, plus mandatory training that has to be done (driving classes, hazmat classes, paperwork classes, etc), annual or bi-annually a protocol update and skills testing. That's for EMTs.

Paramedics have to have all the above (except EMT cert) plus medic cert, PALS ACLS and some more (not sure on everything since I'm not a medic).

Everything that we need done the company provides for free.
 
You aren't required to have ACLS PALS!!?!?

How in the world did your agency escape that one?
 
They aren't escaping anything.
Basically, your Medical Director for your service determines what he/she wants you to have beyond the basics(EMT-P and CPR as required by law)before he/she grants medical command authorization. They can require you to have all the other certs (ACLS, PALS, etc) before they'll sign off on you, though. Legally, these are not required.
Ours sees no need for us to have all the certifications. Valid EMT-P and valid CPR, as required by law.
 
In Ventura, apparently, the VCFD came up with something new called ART/BART. The plan is to train us soon. And, we are gonna pay to keep the cert. I'm not sure though, I could care less at this point in time.
 
Your license
NREMT
ICS 100, 700
CEVO
ACLS

That's it.
 
We are required to have what the state (IN) mandates for our license - NREMT for initial licensing, CPR and ACLS. In addition to that, the FD requires us to have NIMS 100, 200, 700, and 800.
 
Oh yeah, I forgot we have to have all the NIMS stuff too.
 
State cert, ambulance attendant's license, CPR, ICS 100, 200, 700, ACLS, PALS, ITLS, NRP, then a few random internal company annual classes (HEMS landing zone safety, pathogen exposure, local MCI plan and what not).
 
The medics at my department need to have two years of experience full time pre hospital and both PALS and ACLS. They also have to be employed full time elsewhere because we are volunteer. Every medic in the county has to attend an annual comprehensive airway management course. I am an EMT in my county so there may be other requirements I am not aware of.
 
Most of the places I have worked required Paramedic License, Local Accreditation, ACLS, PALS, and either PHTLS or BTLS (ITLS) along with ADL/Medical Cert. and a CPR card.
 
In MD, to be charge EMT on a BLS unit, you need to have EMT-B, HCP BLS, ICS 100,200,700,800, a class on how to put on turn out gear, Hazmat First Responder Operations, blood borne pathogens training, cultural diversity training, and the required tech training courses (MDC, Radio, EPCR, Incident Reports). To move up to the next level, you need to have ITLS.
 
A pulse...
 
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