Wilderness EMT course

[MrJones]

TME Training in Dover, TN is doing the ASHI Wilderness EMT upgrade May 2-6, 2016. Same guidelines as the others, same content, much cheaper rate. Carries a 2 year certification. 3 1/2 days in the classroom and 24 hours in the wilderness. Call 731-924-8478 for more info.

What does an "ASHI WIlderness EMT upgrade" include?

 

[Summit]

What does an "ASHI WIlderness EMT upgrade" include?

It's 48-52 hours of WEMS training for already certified EMS providers, just like the other WEMT courses from WMI WMA SOLO DMM CMC. Your card just says ASHI.

 

[N0TOK]

Does anybody know if you need this to work as a EMT on a wildland firefighting crew? I want to try and become a wildland medic, and I'm starting paramedic school this September.

 

[gotbeerz001]

Does anybody know if you need this to work as a EMT on a wildland firefighting crew? I want to try and become a wildland medic, and I'm starting paramedic school this September.

No. To become a wildland medic (FEMP), you are usually a paramedic employed with an agency and deployed as needed. If you work for a small agency, they often won't send you since they try to keep their medics in-district as much as possible.


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[N0TOK]

No. To become a wildland medic (FEMP), you are usually a paramedic employed with an agency and deployed as needed. If you work for a small agency, they often won't send you since they try to keep their medics in-district as much as possible.


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Thanks that's good to know
I'm currently just a EMT-B, but start medic school this year. I'm on a call/vol department so they can't really stop me from going, because it's with a different agency.

 

[amg1322]

I hadn't even really considered doing WEMT. But I will be relocating to the Carolinas and I think it would be extremely helpful moving forward. After reading a post from a poster above about the WEMT program from SOLO at NOC, I will definitely be looking into it.

 

[Kenneth Young]

I did mine through Remote Medical International. It was simply outstanding. Well worth the price tag in my opinion.