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If personnel are still in need of obtaining CEUs for recertification, they can visit the NEW Relias Health (formerly known as Swank Health site. The user ID is DOD# and generic is Welcome1! until you change it.
Earlier this month, the National Registry reminded the EMS community that the issuance of Provisional Certifications would stop on December 31, 2020. We received immediate feedback and requests from our stakeholders that the deadline should be extended due to the recent spike of COVID-19 cases in many areas around the nation. To assist state EMS offices with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors took action to further extend the Provisional Certification deadline until June 30, 2021.
Check here for all NREMT COVID updates > https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/document/covid-19.
Instructions for renewing your EMT license on the NREMT website. https://www.nremt.org/rwd/public/dashboard/login.
You can order some medical books from the Borden Institute for free. Instructions for ordering can be found here. Some examples of books available are listed below. US Army Physician Assistant Handbook Field Management of Chemical and Biological Casualties Musculoskeletal Injuries in Military Women
Please visit the JTS website to see submission instructions for both training and real world TC3 AAR forms. This is a critical process utilized to update the way we perform and train medicine in the DoD. Madigan EMS reports that they have never received a TC3 card and rarely a patient handoff when they pick up casualties from the training areas.