Policy Clarifications Regarding Rotations
February 15, 2023
Based on recent student behaviors in the clinical and EMS rotation environments, we have felt it necessary to reiterate and clarify policies governing what is expected of students behaviorally while in rotations: 1. Students are expected to be respectful, diplomatic, and professional at all times and with all people you come in contact with during those rotations or while dressed in a PERCOM uniform. 2. Students are NOT allowed to talk back to, denigrate, challenge or criticize any preceptor, staff…
Advanced Chat Time Changed Until Further Notice!!!!!
March 16, 2021
Advanced Chat will now be held on Wednesdays at 5pm Texas Time. It’s been changed in the Calendar as well. Sorry for any inconvenience!!
Missouri Skills Site Now Open!!!
March 5, 2021
The Missouri site has been re-approved for a Skills Site as of yesterday!!!! If you’re interested in scheduling a skills session here, please reach out to me(Gabriel) and we can get you set up! Gabriel Helms 314-397-3530
Skills Lab Policy for COVID-19 – Effective Immediately
April 17, 2020
April 17, 2020 at 1:32 p.m. Due to the current pandemic and social distancing recommendations that have been distributed by Governor Rick Abbott (Texas Gov.), TDSHS, and CDC, the following modifications are mandatory for EMT, P1/AEMT and Paramedic skills labs for PERCOM students. Students are required to RSVP normally and by the posted RSVP deadline. The scheduling process has not changed. Students who have RSVP’d for a skills session may NOT attend that session if any of the following circumstances…
All Students: Drug Cards Website
April 2, 2020
A former student, who is also now an EMS editor and writer for initial and continuing education content for a couple of different companies, has provided the following site free of charge to our students to help you with your drug cards and learning that material. Please look this site over and see if it is of benefit to you. P1 and P2 students, this could be very helpful for you in creation/development/use of your required drug cards for your…
Regarding the NREMT Provisional Certification Post
March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020 at 3:49 p.m. Folks, no this does NOT mean that you can get your provisional certification from NREMT without completing the necessary skills sessions and rotations for your educational program – PERCOM. They are doing this to help get people out working during this crisis who have completed all program graduation requirements and are clear to take their certification exams and who pass the CBT with NREMT ONLY. They are basing this on the fact that the…
March 20, 2020 at 2:06 p.m. If you are in P2, Qualifying exams are now given on MONDAYS each week with multiple time slots open just for this purpose or Qualifying exam retests. We are having to do this due to the extreme load some of you have placed on the scheduling system with separately scheduling these and taking up larger time blocks that should be used for final exams. This does not affect you if you have already scheduled…
March 20, 2020 at 1:09 p.m. Responding to the nationwide need for Emergency Medical Services personnel and the social-distancing public health guidance, the Executive Committee of the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians gave emergency approval to add a Provisional Certification. The Provisional Certification will be automatically assigned to any candidate that (1) completes an educational program at the EMR, EMT, AEMT or Paramedic level and (2) successfully passes the National Registry’s cognitive examination. The requirement for completing the psychomotor…
Overall Course Deadline Issues
March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020 at 9:10 a.m. If you are current and are enrolled in EMT, AEMT or Paramedic with us and have completed Final Exam, we are in the process of giving you a free two month extension on your overall course deadline due to issues with rotation sites cancelling or not scheduling students over the next few weeks, due to the pandemic declaration. We assume that even when they again resume taking students, it can take some time to…
Current Rotation Issues
March 11, 2020
Posted 3/11/2020 at 7:27 p.m. If you are cleared for rotations or are currently completing rotations but rotation sites refuse to schedule your requests or cancel scheduled rotation dates/times (which will be verified with our Clinical Coordinator), you may apply for a free extension to compensate for this time if the affected time is significant in relation to your schedule. Also, if you are sick (sniffles, symptoms of a cold, flu, etc.) you MUST text Mrs. Williams and cancel your…