June 29, 2020 at 1:28 p.m. Abilene Regional Medical Center is increasing what they will require that you bring and provide if you are going to rotate there. Here is what they wrote: “Due to an increase of COVID-19 cases, we have updated our PPE requirements for students and staff. Please see these updates below, and ensure that any of your students and staff that attend clinicals at ARMC adhere to these requirements. Failure to do so, will result in…
Continue ReadingcFirst Updates on Closed Courts
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Closed Courts – Updated 06/22/2020. As we get information regarding access to these closed courts, we will provide it in this update as well as at the search level. Louisiana: Red River County Closed Massachusetts: All Counties Closed Michigan: Bay County Closed Eaton County Closed again starting 5/22 Gladwin County Closed St Joseph Closed again starting 5/21 New Jersey: All Counties & Statewide Closed New York: Albany County Closed West Virginia: Hampshire County Closed
Continue ReadingSkills Lab Policy for COVID-19 – Effective Immediately
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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…
Continue ReadingSkills Lab Updates for COVID-19
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April 15, 2020 at 4:27 p.m. As it stands right now, we are still continuing with our skills labs for EMT, AEMT/P1 and P2. The labs will remain no larger than 6 people. However, we request that each of you be honest and try to avoid spreading exposure as much as possible. If you have a known or suspected exposure to COVID-19, are quarantined or have been diagnosed with the disease, or even have signs or symptoms of ANY sort…
Continue ReadingSchool Related Issues During Pandemic and Your Completion
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April 8, 2020 at 12:33 p.m. Students in EMT, AEMT or Paramedic we are working on plans on methods for you to complete as many rotations as possible through various methods during the upcoming weeks and months. This will be a short term situation but any credits you gain during this period will count toward your overall rotation requirements. Watch the Student Forums (under the My Courses link at the top of this site) for the upcoming policy posting and…
Continue ReadingProvisional Certifications and Working During the Pandemic
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April 3, 2020 at 12:54 p.m. PERCOM AEMT and Paramedic students who have been marked clear to graduate from our program are potentially eligible to gain provisional certification from NREMT after taking and passing their CBT (computer based test). Then Texas, and maybe some other states, will allow you to function provisionally in that certification level as long as the EMS service and its medical director approve during the pandemic, despite not holding a state certification. Once the pandemic is…
Continue ReadingNREMT Updates Regarding Cognitive Certification Exams during Pandemic
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March 23. 2020 at 5:02 p.m. 23 MARCH 2020 – COVID-19 Response Update National EMS Community, The National Registry is committed to supporting your vital work in the community by ensuring continued operation of the certification process to ensure a qualified EMS workforce. While circumstances remain dynamic, we will provide updates as information becomes available. Test centers will begin limited reopening for essential healthcare personnel, including EMS providers. Regarding the psychomotor examination, the National Registry will be offering a provisional…
Continue ReadingRegarding the NREMT Provisional Certification Post
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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…
Continue ReadingNational Registry Board Approves Provisional Certification
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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…
Continue ReadingOverall Course Deadline Issues
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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…
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