For many years, the National Registry standards for recertification have included limits on the amount of asynchronous distributive education. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, those limits were waived. However, were you aware that the National Registry of EMTs has resolved to permanently remove all limits on asynchronous distributive education,...
The Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are different than traditional vaccines that have been used in the past. These vaccines use Messenger RNA (mRNA) to deliver instructions to the immune cells in your arm. Once delivered, your immune cells make a protein piece. Your body then recognizes that a protein...
The HERO (Healthcare Worker Exposure Response and Outcomes) Research Program is a community of people working in the healthcare industry who share what it is like to work and live during the COVID-19 pandemic, and allow participants to participate in research projects on COVID-19. The Registry recently launched a study...
The CDC recently updated their guidelines regarding masks, recommending the use of a mask with a nose wire (a metal strip along the top of the mask) to keep air from leaking out of the top of the mask. This has the added benefit of keeping eyeglasses and sunglasses from...
If you are currently NREMT certified, but are renewing as “unaffiliated” and requesting “Inactive” status, you are not required to provide verification of skills until such time that you transition from “Inactive” to “Active” status. For more information on this, see the FAQs at the NREMT website: Who can sign...