EMS & Trauma Education


EMT-Paramedic Refresher Program
(National Registry EMT-Paramedic Section 1A Completion Program)

Credit
The complete course provides 18 hours of continuing education for ALS providers.  CEU credit for MICU personnel will be awarded at the discretion of the clinical coordinator.  However, at the conclusion of the course, each student who completes the program will receive a personalized Certificate of Completion that itemizes the continuing education content and hours in a format acceptable for the National Registry of EMTs.  No EMT-Basic CEU credit is awarded.

Description
This course is useful for:

Section 1A of the reregistration requirements for NREMT-P includes 48 hours of training selected from the USDOT EMT-Paramedic national standard curriculum.  (This training is also necessary for a paramedic's re-entry into the National Registry.)  The Spring 2002 issue of the NREMT newsletter The Registry explains that paramedics who complete
within their recertification period will satisfy much, but not all, of the necessary 48 hours.  This EMT-P Refresher Program supplies the remaining training over two days.  NJ MICPs who take ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, and this course during their two-year certification period can satisfy their NJ continuing education requirements.   The course includes presentations by EMS educators, physicians, and other professionals of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.  The faculty have been selected for their expertise, dynamic teaching style, positive evaluations from prior classes and familiarity with the material appropriate for practicing paramedics.

Prerequisites
There are no formal prerequisites.  However, the course is intended for prehospital ALS providers (paramedics, MICU nurses and critical care transport nurses) who interface with EMS workers.  Students should have completed an initial EMT-Paramedic training program, but current certification as a paramedic is not required.

Date(s) & Time(s)
Each day runs from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and includes refreshment breaks.  One hour is allotted for lunch each day.

Fee(s)
$120.00 includes tuition, student materials, parking and refreshment breaks.  Lunch is on your own.

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