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In a nutshell: There are 2 tracks to paramedic. 1. From zero to paramedic: 900 hours total. 2. Step method (most often used): EMT-B 165 hours, bridge to I-99 550 hours (total 715 hours), bridge to paramedic 400 hours (total 1115 hours). The I to P bridge is primarily more hours A&P and...

I'll let you know the course hours after I check, but regarding A&P: only if you take either course at a community college are you required to have an Anatomy 100 under your belt. If you take the courses through the NREMT and Virginia certified providers (Associates in Emergency Care is one...

That's OK. I don't take it as a personal slam :) I am just quoting others. Maybe I should clarify that what we are discussing could really be a matter of semantics. We call NREMT-Ps "Paramedics". NREMT-I/99 is a "medic". All I's and P's are medics, but only P's are paramedics (kinda like...

What I meant by paramedic-based is that we used the same textbook as the paramedic class, were required to get ACLS, PALS, and ITLS to graduate, know 12-leads, and had the same clinical requirements as paramedics. Also, fail one test, you're out--even if its the last 2 weeks of the course...

Actually, according to NREMT, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the paramedics I work with, we are medics. And all the career paramedics I work with do not treat me as a second-class citizen. My I-99 course was paramedic-based. As VirginiaEMT stated, with the exception of a surgical crich, we...

Good Job! Congratulations from a fellow VA I-99! The confidence boost will serve you and your patients well!