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North Dakota
EMS Personnel
First Responder
Advanced First Aid Ambulance
Emergency Medical Technician
Emergency Medical Technician-Basic
Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic
Training, Testing and Certification Requirements
First Responder [top]
Persons certified as first responders typically render care to the sick or
injured while an ambulance is enroute. First responders usually are members of
an organization (i.e. Quick Response Unit, Fire Department or Law Enforcement
Agency) that are dispatched simultaneously with an ambulance service.
- Training Time: 40 Hours.
- Curriculum: US DOT Emergency Medical Services: First Responder
Training course.
- Testing: Practical examination consisting of at least one medical, one
trauma and one cardiopulmonary resuscitation station. Written examination (70%
score or higher).
- Certification Period: Two years adjusted to a June 30th expiration
date.
- Recertification: Complete a sixteen-hour ND First Responder Refresher
Course or a 24 hour EMT Basic Refresher Course.
Advanced First Aid Ambulance [top]
The Advanced First Aid Ambulance Certification was created as a mechanism to
grandfather persons as ambulance attendants who were previously certified
under the discontinued American Red Cross Program. Persons who were certified
by the American Red Cross as Advanced First Aid Providers, possess current CPR
certification and have at least two years of ambulance experience are eligible
to be certified by the North Dakota Health Department as Advanced First Aid
Ambulance. This process only exists for persons trained by the American Red
Cross prior to their discontinuance of their training and is not available for
training new ambulance attendants. New ambulance attendants must complete an
EMT-Basic training program.
- Certification Period: Three years.
- Recertification Requirements: Twenty-four hour EMT-Basic Refresher
course.
Emergency Medical Technician [top]
The Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) is the North Dakota equivalent of a
National Registry Emergency Medical Technician. North Dakota issues an EMT
licensure to persons under the age of 18 who do not meet the minimum age
requirement for National Registration and to persons who apply for reciprocity
from another state. All of the training, testing, certification, and licensure
requirements are identical to an EMT-Basic.
- Training Time: One hundred and ten hours.
- Curriculum: US DOT Emergency Medical Technician - 1995.
- Testing: National Registry Practical and Written Exams.
- Initial Licensure: Two years adjusted to June 30.
- Recertification Requirements: Forty-eight hours of continuing
education, 24 hour EMT-Basic refresher course which includes CPR
recertification.
Emergency Medical Technician - Basic [top]
The Emergency Medical Technician-Basic (EMT-B) licensure is considered the
minimum training level for Basic Life Support ambulance attendants. Many other
occupations utilize the training to augment their services. Some examples
include athletic trainers, security personnel, law enforcement officers and
firefighters. North Dakota utilizes the National Registry of Emergency Medical
Technicians (NREMT) certification standards and then will issue a state license.
- Training Time: One hundred and ten hours.
- Curriculum: US DOT Emergency Medical Technician - 1995.
- Testing: National Registry Practical and Written Exams.
- National Registry certification dates adjusted to March 31, Initial
State Licensure: Two years adjusted to June 30.
- Recertification Requirements: Forty-eight hours of continuing
education, 24 hour EMT-Basic refresher course which includes CPR
recertification.
Emergency Medical Technician - Intermediate [top]
The Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate (EMT-I) certification level is
typically utilized by ambulance services providing limited levels of advanced
life support care. The course expands upon the EMT-B through inclusion of
advanced patient assessment, airway management and intravenous therapy skills.
- Training Time: One hundred hours (in addition to the EMT-B training).
- Curriculum: US DOT Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate National
Standard Curriculum.
- Testing: National Registry Practical and Written Exams.
- National Registry certification dates adjusted to March 31, Initial
State Licensure: Two years adjusted to June 30.
- Recertification Requirements: Thirty-six hours of continuing
education, 24 hour EMT-Basic refresher course which includes CPR
recertification and 12 hour EMT-Intermediate refresher course.
Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic [top]
The Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic (EMT-P) certification level is
typically utilized by ambulance services providing full levels of advanced
life support care. The course includes invasive procedures such as
endotracheal airway management, defibrillation, pharmacology and other
advanced skills.
- Training Time: One thousand hours (in addition to the EMT-B training).
- Curriculum: US DOT Emergency Medical Technician Paramedic National
Standard Curriculum.
- Testing: National Registry Practical and Written Exams.
- National Registry certification dates adjusted to March 31, Initial
State Licensure: Two years adjusted to June 30.
- Recertification Requirements: Twenty-four hours of continuing
education, 48 hour EMT-Paramedic refresher course, and current CPR and ACLS
certification.
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