EMT-B Refresher Program Description
Emergency Medical Technician - Basic (EMT-B) Refresher Program
Emergency Care Programs given in the Brooklyn, NYC area, offers NY State EMT-B (Emergency Medical Technician) Refresher Courses, for the tri-state area, on a constant ongoing basis throughout the year. Courses are offered following the challenge format. This format requires our students to attend only classes where they have the need to review forgotten material as well as mandatory sessions. In addition, students receive the latest and most updated information on protocol changes and policy.
Course listing & Application forms are available in both Adobe PDF format and Microsoft Word format. To view PDF format you should have the Adobe Acrobat PDF Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it FREE from the Adobe web site by clicking here.
If you have trouble downloading and viewing the application forms please feel free to contact us and we can mail or fax you an application form. See our contact details here.
PROBLEM: Too often we receive calls from EMT's whose certification card is on the verge of expiring. They typically plead with us to help them in anyway we can. We always do our utmost to accommodate all of our students. Unfortunately due to course schedules and state written exam dates it's not always possible. As a result, we encounter too many EMT's whose certification has lapsed which in turn does not allow them to work or volunteer as an EMT. Under present NYS-DOH regulations, once their certification expires, they are not considered an EMT until they posses a new valid EMT card again or until they posses a letter from on-site scoring stating that they have passed their state written certification exam. In addition, there is no grace period. The only time they are allowed any sort of grace period is if they take their state written certification exam during the month that their certification will expire. Under those conditions, they are allowed to operate as an EMT until they receive their new certification card.
SOLUTION: Please watch your expiration date carefully. You can take your state written certification exam up to 9 months before your card expires. Assuming the exam is taken within the 9 month time frame, your new certification card will have any remaining time from your old card added to it. This in effect allows you to enroll in a refresher at least 10 months before your card expires and retain any remaining time from your old card. More importantly, it insures no lapse in certification or in your ability to work or volunteer.
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