To All of our Graduates, Loyal returning peers, Colleagues, and our Community,

With the environment we are all currently experiencing, including COVID and Omicron, along with a multitude of external factors that are outside of anyone’s control, after long, difficult, thoughtful consideration, it is with a heavy heart that we have come to the decision that the high standards at the level we demanded of ourselves for our students and peers could not continue to be done with all students’ best interest placed first and foremost.

We at EMS Academy have always held our school to the highest standards of EMS education teaching all EMS Programs including our EMT Courses and Continuing Education Courses with professionalism.  We demanded this of ourselves to provide all students the opportunity to be successful, graduate, gain employment, and continue with a new career path with compassion, competence, and confidence.

Having said that, our EMS portions including EMT Courses and Continuing Education Courses, both of these portions of EMS Academy are now unfortunately closed as of today.

EMT-Basics ~ Regarding Continuing Education, I hope this helps you:

You can find this right on the DPH OEMS Website: 

https://www.mass.gov/doc/emt-basic-recertification-instructions-pdf/download

DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION GUIDELINES: In accordance with AR 2-212, EMT Continuing Education Standards has been updated to match National Registry of EMTs (NREMT) policy, permitting EMTs whose certifications expire in 2022 to complete all of their continuing education via Distributive Education (DE), temporarily lifting the limits on DE for this cycle, due to the novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.

EMTs Must Complete 40 Hours Total in the categories listed below:

NATIONAL Content that all EMTs nationwide need to take equals 20 Total Hours Required for the NCCR portion.   All of the NATIONAL hours can be via Distributive Education.  You must take the 2016 NCCR version in order to renew.  If you have questions, please ask the course sponsor.

LOCAL Content that all EMTs in your state, region and/or service need to take equals 10 Total Hours Required for the LOCAL portion.  All of the LOCAL hours can be via Distributive Education.  We encourage Virtual Instructor Led Training or VILT courses.

INDIVIDUAL Content that individual EMT can choose to take equals 10 Total Hours Required for the INDIVIDUAL Content.  All of the INDIVIDUAL hours can be via Distributive Education.  Elective course requirement.

If you have questions, please ask the course sponsor.

PARAMEDICS ~ Regarding Continuing Education, I hope this helps you:

Paramedics, You can find this right on the DPH OEMS Website: 

https://www.mass.gov/doc/emt-paramedic-recertification-instructions-pdf/download

DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION GUIDELINES: In accordance with AR 2-212, EMT Continuing Education Standards has been updated to match National Registry of EMTs (NREMT) policy, permitting EMTs whose certifications expire in 2022 to complete all of their continuing education via Distributive Education (DE), temporarily lifting the limits on DE for this cycle, due to the novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.

Paramedics Must Complete 60 Hours Total in the categories listed below:

NATIONAL Content that all Paramedics nationwide need to take equals 30 Total Hours Required for the NCCR portion.   All of the NATIONAL hours can be via Distributive Education.  You must take the 2016 NCCR version in order to renew.  If you have questions, please ask the course sponsor.

LOCAL Content that all Paramedics in your state, region and/or service need to take equals 15 Total Hours Required for the LOCAL portion.  All of the LOCAL hours can be via Distributive Education.  We encourage Virtual Instructor Led Training or VILT courses.

INDIVIDUAL Content that individual Paramedics can choose to take equals 15 Total Hours Required for the INDIVIDUAL Content.  All of the INDIVIDUAL hours can be via Distributive Education.  Elective course requirement.

If you have questions, please ask the course sponsor.

 To our Graduates, you do have access to us with the email address dedicated to EMT Students when we emailed you your student access and orientation information.  You may continue to use that email address.

To all others who have any questions, you still have access to us by emailing [email protected] which we are all going through this email address all week.

Our American Heart Association support to our instructors remains open and active with no changes.

Our focus must now be to support everyone involved in healthcare including our Community, First Responders, EMTs, Paramedics, Firefighters, Nurses, and anyone who has been affected by COVID in anyway, with our upcoming future Strategic Intervention Coaching Programs.

From all of us at EMS Academy to all our graduates, loyal returning peers, our community, and colleagues, please accept a very deep heartfelt thank you for the opportunity and the faith you have shown us being a part of EMS Academy for so many years.  We wish you all the best in your future EMS endeavors!  Thank you!  Stay Healthy, Stay Safe!