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I am doing a research paper and I need some assistance. I am looking to put together a decent list of ancillary certicifications from around the world and who the governing body is. I am not looking for EMT, EMT-I, NREMT-P, SR Para or anything like that, but rather PHTLS, ITLS, etc etc.

Any help would be much appreciated.
 
Here's a few to get you started:

ACLS-EP Advanced Cardiac Life Support-Experienced Provider
ABLS- Advanced Burn Life Support
AHMLS- Advanced HazMat Life Support
FRT- Farm Rescue Technician
AMLS- Advanced Medical Life Support
BDLS- Basic Disaster Life Support
ADLS=Advanced Disaster Life Support
ATLS- Advanced Trauma Life Support (Audit)
STABLE-Sugar, Temperature, Airway, Blood pressure, Lab work, and Emotional support. (Neonatal)
OBSTAT- High Risk OB transport
CCEMTP- Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program-UMBC
FP-C- Flight Paramedic Certification
GEMS- Geriatric EMS
ITLS- International Trauma Life Support (Formerly known as BTLS)
NRP- Neonatal Resuscitation
EVOC- Emergency Vehicle Operators Course
PEPP - Pediatric Education for Prehospital Professionals
ATCN - Advanced Trauma Care for Nursing(audit)
 
Just put down the alphabet and your covered.
 
Thanks....are those all US certs? Meaning is the governing body for them located in the US?
 
Yes, all are U.S. certs.

It is interesting that this profession has more formal titles and certifications to license/certify providers in the 50 states than extra education or knowledge certs.

There are also may region specific certs recognized and understood only by those in that area.


Here's another cert but it does require more than a weekend course or just a test.

CHT - Certified Hyperbaric Technologist - The National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medical Technology (NBDHMT)
 
forgot PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support
 
It is interesting and part of my paper...why do we need so many "extra Certs"..shouldn't our primary training encompass those things we need to form a basis in everything we do. I know that some fields will require additional training (HazMat for instance), but I would equate that to a Doctor's Residency. In order for our profession to taken seriously, and in order for us to get paid more of what we are worth, we need to develop a formal educational system that is on par with the other health professions.
 
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Flightmedic911 said:
I am doing a research paper and I need some assistance. I am looking to put together a decent list of ancillary certicifications from around the world and who the governing body is. I am not looking for EMT, EMT-I, NREMT-P, SR Para or anything like that, but rather PHTLS, ITLS, etc etc.

Any help would be much appreciated.
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Flightmedic911 said:
It is interesting and part of my paper...why do we need so many "extra Certs"..shouldn't our primary training encompass those things we need to form a basis in everything we do. I know that some fields will require additional training (HazMat for instance), but I would equate that to a Doctor's Residency. In order for our profession to taken seriously, and in order for us to get paid more of what we are worth, we need to develop a formal educational system that is on par with the other health professions.
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I think you are confusing the extra education and knowledge certs with licensing/certifying certifications which there are about 50 of those and THAT has led to confusion in this profession.

overview:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_medical_responder_levels_by_U.S._state

ATLS is for physicians. Doctors also take the extra education certs I mentioned which are nationally recognized. RNs and RRTs also can take the same classes.

A degree or basic education is not meant to be an end all to the learning process and not all continuing education will be appropriate for all to know.

Ex. There are coal mine rescue certs for EMTs in specific areas. Learning coal mine rescue would be of no use to me in Miami. Farm rescue knowledge would probably do someone in NYC little use either. Some of the tactical medic certs might not be for everyone either.

RNs have an wide variety of specialized certifications including different types of critical care, emergency care, burns, trauma, wounds etc. The majority are nationally recognized and some have very strict certification requirements for work experience rather than just a weekend course or test.

All the allied health professions also take many of the national certs I mentioned earlier as well as their own. There is no limit to what one can learn or specialize in.

However, the other professions usually only have 1 - 3 different levels for licensure recognized nationally.

EMS needs to eliminate at least 45 license/certifications from all the states and have just 2 -4 levels recognized nationally with a much higher entry level of education across the board.
 
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No I understand what you are saying, but I think you misunderstood me. We need to be compared to RNs and MDs. Our National Certs/Licenses (and I agree there should be ONE standard) should form the basis of our education. If you are going to work in Rural enviroment (the mid-west for example), then you would be expected to have a "residency" to practice medicine in that area that would encompass all the little certs. The same would be true for the other little certs. Doctors complete Med School, then decide in WHAT area of medicine they wish to specialize in and then complete their residency and fellowships in that area. RNs complete Nursing school then move into the career field as a novice, and then specialize in a particular area. EMS has become diluted and interbred with the fire service. Granted this is my opinion, but with all of these certs out there, I believe and have experienced people who go after the certs and not the education behind it. My arguement that as long as we are considered undereducated by the rest of the healthcare community, we will be treated and paid like it. With society growing and the current state of healthcare, I think it is time to look outside the box and see what role paramedics could be utilized in in order to help society. I say this as my Mother in law went to the hospital a few weeks ago comlianing of Chest Pain...she was in the ER for 12 hours before she was released to follow up with her Primary Care Provider. She was not admitted to the Hospital because the beds were full and the ER was busy during all 12 of those hours. Could an educated paramedic have helped her...doubtful because of the tests they ran, but could an educated paramedic have handled 50-75% of the patients that were in the ER..probably. Every superficial suture, cas of NVD, other mundane care could have been handled elsewhere with a followup withen 24 hours to the patients Priomary care provider. We as a occupation will never get there without imposing some greater education on ourselves, not just Training. Paramedics have to understand WHY the body is doing something, not just follow a flow chart on what to do when the body does something.
 
Flightmedic911 said:
Our National Certs/Licenses (and I agree there should be ONE standard) should form the basis of our education. If you are going to work in Rural enviroment (the mid-west for example), then you would be expected to have a "residency" to practice medicine in that area that would encompass all the little certs. The same would be true for the other little certs. Doctors complete Med School, then decide in WHAT area of medicine they wish to specialize in and then complete their residency and fellowships in that area. RNs complete Nursing school then move into the career field as a novice, and then specialize in a particular area. EMS has become diluted and interbred with the fire service. Granted this is my opinion, but with all of these certs out there, I believe and have experienced people who go after the certs and not the education behind it.
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I agree that our education needs to improve, and have more pathophysiology behind it. However, incorporating certifications into a "residency" isn't necessarily the best way to go.

For example, I would bet that there are farms in every state. Having everyone take the FRT class is silly, though; as is having everyone in the midwest take the FRT class. Not everyone in the midwest needs farm rescue skills (Chicago, Detroit, etc.); and not everyone in New York or New Jersey will only work in solely urban and suburban areas.

Nurses have CCRN and CFRN, are required to take ACLS, PALS/PEPP, etc.

Should ACLS and PALS be required for paramedics, and incorporated into our training? Yes.

Should some certifications not even exist? Absolutely.

Should FRT or FP-C or other specialties be incorporated? Probably not, as only a certain subset of paramedics will need it, and these will not be defined by a geographical region. In addition, if training is provided at the institution-level, it limits the opportunities of us as professionals to travel and move to different experiences, and I expect would lower wages. Some certs cards do provide confirmation of your experience and knowledge.
 
Yes, the education needs to be raised to a minimum degree and then the extra training certs should be obtained and maintained. Many of these certs should be used as a refresher or review and not considered part of the EMT(P) basic education. Too many medic mills rely on these certs as filler to reach the minimum 700 or whatever hours instead of education fundamentals.

Other professions have the minimum education foundation and then specialize. Too many in EMS accumulate "certs" instead of establishing a basic education foundatoin. They put more weight into a weekend class rather than a degree.
 
VentMedic said:
Farm rescue knowledge would probably do someone in NYC little use either.
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I put my farming cert to use all the time. I use it as abook mark. :rolleyes:
 
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