EMS News Briefs from Mike McEvoy
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EMS Coordinator Mike McEvoy, Ph.D., NRP, RN, CCRN
NYSAFC EMS Committee
NYSAFC EMS Committee
CCT to Paramedic Bridge Coming Soon
The Northwell Health online bridge course for CCT to paramedic will launch in Spring 2019. It will be 12 months long (incorrectly reported in McEvoy’s SEMSCO notes as 12 weeks, which certainly got a lot of attention) and consist of six modules. A gap analysis identified five skills that will be completed and tested at a local course sponsor. The tuition for the online class will be $1,500, paid to Northwell Health. Successful completion would allow the medic’s agency to voucher for New York state reimbursement. Depending on enrollment, additional courses will be run sequentially. The choke point will probably be ability of local course sponsors to handle the skills portion of the class. Keep an eye out for the inaugural course announcement, predicted at present to come out in January (of 2019, in case you were wondering what year). The first class will likely begin in February.
New York State Plans to Lower EMT Age to 17
The lowering EMT eligibility to age 17 public 60-day comment period ended on March 26, 2018, and necessitated revisions and a new public comment period. Any who, given that virtually no person can navigate the New York State Register website, you’d best subscribe to the weekly notices here if you want to learn when the regulation change is re-released for additional public comment.
The Northwell Health online bridge course for CCT to paramedic will launch in Spring 2019. It will be 12 months long (incorrectly reported in McEvoy’s SEMSCO notes as 12 weeks, which certainly got a lot of attention) and consist of six modules. A gap analysis identified five skills that will be completed and tested at a local course sponsor. The tuition for the online class will be $1,500, paid to Northwell Health. Successful completion would allow the medic’s agency to voucher for New York state reimbursement. Depending on enrollment, additional courses will be run sequentially. The choke point will probably be ability of local course sponsors to handle the skills portion of the class. Keep an eye out for the inaugural course announcement, predicted at present to come out in January (of 2019, in case you were wondering what year). The first class will likely begin in February.
New York State Plans to Lower EMT Age to 17
The lowering EMT eligibility to age 17 public 60-day comment period ended on March 26, 2018, and necessitated revisions and a new public comment period. Any who, given that virtually no person can navigate the New York State Register website, you’d best subscribe to the weekly notices here if you want to learn when the regulation change is re-released for additional public comment.
