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    This document provides an overview of paramedic certification requirements and training courses including class names, locations, costs, schedules, prerequisites, and notes. Key information includes: - Required courses include medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, phlebotomy, EKG, trauma life support, and advanced cardiac life support. - Course locations include Casper College, Bay Area Medical, Fast Response, and SFPA. - Costs range from free courses to $2500 for phlebotomy training. Courses typically last from one day to multiple weekends. - Many courses like ACLS require expiration dates to be renewed like every two years. - Certifications like CCP and FP require an EMT certification to enroll

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    This document provides an overview of paramedic certification requirements and training courses including class names, locations, costs, schedules, prerequisites, and notes. Key information includes: - Required courses include medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, phlebotomy, EKG, trauma life support, and advanced cardiac life support. - Course locations include Casper College, Bay Area Medical, Fast Response, and SFPA. - Costs range from free courses to $2500 for phlebotomy training. Courses typically last from one day to multiple weekends. - Many courses like ACLS require expiration dates to be renewed like every two years. - Certifications like CCP and FP require an EMT certification to enroll

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    This document provides an overview of paramedic certification requirements and training courses including class names, locations, costs, schedules, prerequisites, and notes. Key information includes: - Required courses include medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, phlebotomy, EKG, trauma life support, and advanced cardiac life support. - Course locations include Casper College, Bay Area Medical, Fast Response, and SFPA. - Costs range from free courses to $2500 for phlebotomy training. Courses typically last from one day to multiple weekends. - Many courses like ACLS require expiration dates to be renewed like every two years. - Certifications like CCP and FP require an EMT certification to enroll

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    This document provides an overview of paramedic certification requirements and training courses including class names, locations, costs, schedules, prerequisites, and notes. Key information includes: - Required courses include medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, phlebotomy, EKG, trauma life support, and advanced cardiac life support. - Course locations include Casper College, Bay Area Medical, Fast Response, and SFPA. - Costs range from free courses to $2500 for phlebotomy training. Courses typically last from one day to multiple weekends. - Many courses like ACLS require expiration dates to be renewed like every two years. - Certifications like CCP and FP require an EMT certification to enroll

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    Paramedic Classes and Certification Breakdown

    Must be
    Medic to
    What Where Cost When Notes take?

    Class/Cert
    NEED FOR
    MEDIC
    Casper College Distance $75 book + $333 credits + pre-req for some medic
    Medical Terminology Learning, online fees = approx $450 June 7th-July 30th schools no
    A&P I Anatomy & Physiology I no
    A&P II Anatomy & Physiology II no

    5 weekends, 2 weeks Nationally certified, city


    days + externship of college has cheaper class
    Phlebotomy Phlebotomy Technician Bay Area Medical, SF $2500 40 hours, NCCT test with 2 yr wait list no

    5 weekends or 2 NOT nationally certificed


    EKG Tech Electrocardiogram Technician Bay Area Medical, SF $1250 weeks days but certified in state of CA

    ECG/EKG BASIC $250 + book $70 = $320 2 days of 6 hours a


    EKG Basic ARRHYTHMIA Fast Response, Berkeley total day 12 CE hours
    EKG
    Basic
    ECG 12 lead ECG Recognition Fast Response, Berkeley $112 + book $50 = 165 1 day course 6 hours 6 Ces prereq
    Pre-Hospital Trauma Life $240 + book of $60 = $300 will help with working on
    PHTLS Support SFPA, Berkeley total April 20 & 21st ALS rig
    Advanced Cardiac Life Support
    ACLS Prep Course Prep SFPA, SF $70 + book $30 = $100 1 day, all day 7 Ces

    AFTER MEDIC
    ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support SFPA, SF $230 + book $30 = $260 2 days, all day 14 Ces, good for 2 yrs
    PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support SFPA, SF $230 + book $35 = $265 no

    Basic Life Support for


    BLS for HCP Healthcare Provider SFPA, SF $60 + book $11 = $70 1 day, 4 hours
    AMLS Advanced Medical Life Support SFPA, SF $225 + book $70 = $300 2 days, all day have to pass AMLS pretest
    NALS Neonatal advanced life support
    Pediatric Education for
    PEPP Prehospital Professionals SFPA, SF $185 + book $44 = 230 2 days, all day
    ASLS Advanced Stroke Life Support
    California EMS Academy,
    BTLS aka ITLS? Basic Trauma Life Support Redwood City $250 2 day course 16 hours Ces
    International Trauma Life
    ITLS aka BTLS? Support

    ABLS Advanced Burn Life Support maybe contact St. Francis?


    through the American College
    of Physicians, see
    http://web2.facs.org/atls/ATL
    ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support SCourseSearch_Result.cfm email to get price
    Neonatal Resuscitation
    NRP Certification Program Fast Response, Berkeley $195 8 hours 6 Ces, good for 2 yrs
    Sugar, Temperature, Airway,
    Blood pressure, Lab work, and
    STABLE Emotional support
    BCCTPC Board for Critical
    Critical Care Paramedic Care Transport Paramedic
    CCP-C Certified Certification yes!

    BCCTPC Board for Critical


    Care Transport Paramedic
    FP-C Flight Paramedic Certification yes!

    Trauma Nursing Course n/a for


    TNCC Certified nurses?

    Transport Nurses Advanced


    TNATC Trauma Course Stanford, Sandy Correia 3 days http://www.flightweb.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78

    C3/IFT Class 3 Interfacility Transport yes


    RSI Rapid sequence intubation yes

    OTHER/MISC
    EVOC Emergency Vehicle Operators no

    National Incident Management


    NIMS - 100, 200, 700, 800 System FEMA free? can do 100, 200, 700, 800
    seems like I don't have to
    ILS Intermediate Life Support (??) take it if I do EMT-P
    seems like the same as
    PPC ??? PALS and PEPP?
    NREMT guidelines to
    EMT-B Refresher EMT Refresher course SFPA, SF $370 3 days, 24 hours recert, has skills testing no

    20 hours, 3 hours a
    Neighborhood Emergency day for 6 weeks OR
    NERT Response Team SFFD free two day intensive
    BCLS Basic Cardiac Life Support same as BLS?

    CIC Certified Instructor Coordinator


    FF 1 Firefighter 1 CCSF 1 yr, 19.5 credits
    FF 2
    68W Combat Medic (army) join the army
    ER Experience Volunteer or ER Tech
    ICU Experience volunteer or get a job in ICU
    180 hours - April 1-
    June 6th Tues &
    Wilderness Emergency Care, $25 for Ces, + $20 for book Thurs nights plus 2
    WEMT-B Wilderness EMT through SFPA in Piedmont + $460 for class = $505 Saturdays all days can buy Ces no

    EMT can
    challeng
    OEC Outdoor Emergency Care e
    pharmacology SFSU or Berkeley
    microbiology SFSU or Berkeley
    pathophysiology SFSU or Berkeley
    WEMT-P
    Ventilators
    IABP Intra-aortic balloon pump
    left ventricular assist device/
    LVAD and other VADs ventricular assist device
    12-lead ECG interpretation
    Hemodynamics study of blood circulation
    Lab values laboratory data
    Various venous access
    devices

    Arterial lines and PA catheters


    Chest tubes

    Formulas to anything from gas


    laws to gas exchange and acid-
    base correction

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