NREMT-P for 18D?
 

I keep hearing rumblings that the schoolhouse may get back the ability to grant NREMT-P certification to 18D's (just read it again in the other paramedic thread in this forum)... Does anyone on here have any first-hand knowledge of this? If this rumor is true, how would this affect guys who have already gone through the course but did not have the chance to get NREMT-P certified? Would we be grandfathered in and given the chance to test?

Thanks in advance!

I am currently in the course now. When we first arrived we were told that anyone past or present who is 18D certified will be given the equivilant associates degree, sometime within this comming year, in an unspecified area... Come next monday I can have the details on what that is, and also a direct answer to your question about emt-p.

Thanks for the help! I'll look forward to finding out more.

-Ender

Associates degree??? In what? "Special Operations Medicine?" From what accredited college?
Please do shed the light.
I would find this most interesting...

Eagle

I had the oprotunity to talk to Col. Olivito today, who is basicly the big cheese when it comes to the socm portion of the course. As it stands right now EMT-P is currently not being sponsered by the school. But the school house is expecting promising results sometime next year to be allowed to give that certification out. (not set in stone)

Concerning the college education. Tentativly next year you can be awarded an associates in an undetermined medical feild, what it will be is still under negotiation (Some kind of medical technologies degree as the rumor goes.... Not sure what that would actually entail) Cambell University is who the school house is working the issue through.

What the schoolhouse is actually trying to do, in addition, is get certified as a junior college, which leads me to beilve that we will actually be the ones to award the degree, worth 64 credit hours. Also stated though was that when you have completed the course you can attend classes at Cambell University to work towards your bachlors. This basicly sums up everything he told me, but i also have a contact number for the man in charge of some of the programs run through the school that i will send you via pm. Any other 18D who are interested i would be more then happy to send you as well. I just hope the guy doesn't get a train load of phone calls...

Also don't get the impression that the college credits are set in stone eaither. But I was reasured that it will be more likly then not.

"Allied Health," is what our class was told.

Hey D9, I'll try and catchup with you about this as we haven't been told anything and I would like to know, as would a few class mates I'm sure.

I would consider this strictly as RUMOR until someone graduates and has it in hand.

Eagle

Hey ender18d,

I left there this past Aug, I was an instructor with SOCMSSC. This was a common question so I will share what we found out; It all depends if your class was eligible for NREMT-P or the SOCOM Paramedic. I assume by your question that you were awarded the SOCOM Paramedic. If so you may register and take the NREMT-P written/practical exam BUT they will not grade it. The reason is at the time you went through the course it wasn't recognized by the NREMT and it is required to have attended a recognized program.
At the time I left there were negotiations with the Registry so that may happen again. As far as being grandfathered that remains to be seen. If I hear any further I will communicate.

I appreciate the info! Yeah, I got a SOCM Paramedic card... hopefully they will work out a way to grandfather us in at some point!

-E

Hell I am hoping the course atleast will qualify as a refresher so I can get my Registry card back. Mine expired a little over a year ago... dammit.

I tried to get into a SFMSSP class but the 1SG over at SOPC wasnt having it...soooo...

Crip

Well, not everyone takes a year to complete SFAS.:munchin

TR

It actually only took 4 weeks to complete Sir. I did however take 9 months to get there... healing and all... :D

Crip

Not to quibble, but from the Army's perspective, your arrival time at Bragg, till you completed Phase I, was the time it took you to complete SOPC and SFAS, unless you had another assigned school in route.

We have high hopes that you can be a first time go at Phase III.:D

TR

I can barely put a Band-Aid on a small cut correctly, so I'm by no means trying to dispense professional medical advice, but IMO I'd be less worried about civilian certifications and more concerned about learning as much as I could to be an asset to my team and their efforts. Uncle Sugar will underwrite your permission to practice far more medicine at your level than you ever would be allowed out of the Army with your NR card.