EMT training for nurses

It depends on what state you are in. If you are in Virginia, you need only to be a RN and take the required topics which amount to approx 48 hours and take a test. You can contact your state EMS board for more information.

if nebraska is your home state

1.) rn to emt b shari lentsch at creighton university (cont. ed) can give you more info

or

2.) dean cole

ems program administrator

e-mail: [email protected]

phone: 402-471-0124 or 800-422-3460 ext. 2-3

he is wonderful and always willing to help

or

3.) tami myers at southeast community college (lincoln)

i would call dean cole,

great for wanting to help!!!! we always need more help in ems

sonja

Thanks guys. I'm in Maine.

Yeah just get an MICN cert. mobile intensive care nurse cert.

Some colleges have transition programs for RN to Paramedic but as far as EMT-B in Alabama you have to take the 1 semester course and sit for thier test. I am also a paramedic and I think it is stupid to have to learn how to take a BP again

Good for you for wanting to help. At times, the EMT-B course may be boring to you, but you will learn much more than how to take a BP again. Just to name a couple; you'll learn how to properly apply a KED (Kendrick Extrication Device), Bandaging and splinting that you didn't learn in nursing school. It's a great class if you have the right mindset. I sometimes think it should be required before having children. Man-Oh-Man, how many ER visits would be dodged if parents knew how to take care of minor emergencies?

Go For It. Have fun with it!

Ivy Tech State College here in Indiana just announced an Online EMT course. Not sure of their program schedule, but I am sure you could proxy out of a lot of it, and then do your clinical locally.