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Intermediate ALS Providers' Level of Interest in Paramedic Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Bruce J. Walz
Bruce J. Walz*
Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Health Services, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Md.
*
NREMT-P, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Campus, Baltimore, MD 21228-5398USA
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Abstract

Objective:

To examine the level of interest in paramedic upgrade education among a sample of intermediate-level emergency medical technicians, referred to as cardiac rescue technicians (CRT), to obtain education to upgrade to the paramedic level.

Method:

The design of this study was a descriptive, cross-sectional study utilizing a mailed survey instrument.

Results:

Most of the CRTs reported interest in advancement to the paramedic level with the most active CRTs significantly more interested in upgrading than were those with lower grade of activity. Preference was for the upgrade training to be offered as a single course, two nights per week. Respondents also indicated an interest in receiving college credits for the course.

Conclusion:

Active volunteer, intermediate-level emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Maryland are interested in participating in the education necessary to advance them to the paramedic level.

Keywords

advanced life supportadvancementcardiac rescue techniciancareereducationEMT-IntermediateEMT-Paramedicparamedicprehospitaltraining
Type
Education
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , December 1993 , pp. 341 - 344
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1993

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