RN to EMT-P bridge

gustercc · Mar 11, 2006

i am and ex-medic who let his cert. expire. When I graduated from nursing school i wanted to get my cert back. They said, I could get licensure only if I had my BSN. Otherwise I'd have to take a paramedic class, then challenge the state board. I live in texas too. Try to contact the state office in austin. there's also an official texas EMS website that will have the guidelines. Some may not be clear, so don't hesitate to call the state office.

lemme know if you find out any different because I would like to re-instate my medic cert.

cheers,

richard

EricJRN, MSN, RN · Mar 12, 2006

I'm an EMT-Intermediate and RN and I'm looking to do the same thing soon. Essentially you'll need to contact the EMS program coordinator at your local college, provide them with transcripts from school, do some skills testing, and then come up with an individual plan for the transition. Unfortunately there's no standardized route in Texas. Some EMS programs have stopped providing the RN-to-Paramedic transition because it's such a pain in the butt to handle everyone on an individual basis.

ABikerRN · Mar 12, 2006

Check out the flight nursing & transport forum. There is some discusion on this there.

vamedic4, EMT-P · Mar 15, 2006

Hello how are you? I know this may sound a little weird but I am looking to see if anyone knows how to bridge from an RN to an EMT-P. I am in texas and I know there are some courses out there that you can do. I am an emergency room NG and want to get back to my roots with the vol fd in my area and need to get certified. If anyone could help I would be grateful.
Thanks
ryoung0302

Do yourself a favor and go thru a formal course. Paramedics are specifically trained using the "medical model", quite different from the way they train RNs in the USA. Not to say one is better than the other, there is just a different focus.

I believe they offer courses like this at North Central Texas College, but that was a few years back ...

Best of luck.

vamedic4