Posted Nov 1, 2018
The NREMT follows the recommendations of the National EMS Education Agenda of the Future and the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. This means a few things:
The NREMT is governed by a board of directors made up of 21 people from the EMS community and the public. The board has 3 major roles:
The board members are made up of physicians, state regulators, organizational representatives, at-large EMS providers, and the general public. This should assure you that this organization is reputable and knowledgeable.
The NREMT has minimum entry requirements to be certified by them that includes:
This means that in order to be certified the first time you must pass all of the above and then to recertify you must pass these again. This again ensures uniformity across the country.