The CoAEMSP office will be closed on the following dates:

Christmas Eve & Christmas on December 24 and 25, 2020

New Year’s Eve & New Year’s on December 31, 2020 and January 1, 2021

Martin Luther King Day on January 18, 2021

The staff wishes you safe and happy holidays!

Staff Contact: Lisa Collard, lisa@coaemsp.org

The CoAEMSP Board adopted new interpretations of the CAAHEP Standards during its November board meeting.

The CoAEMSP Interpretations of the CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines is a companion document that contains interpretations of the CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines which are adopted by the CoAEMSP through policies. CoAEMSP Policy XVII. Interpretations of CAAHEP Standards allow various stakeholder groups the opportunity to provide input during a public comment period regarding proposed language for the CoAEMSP Interpretations of the CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines. At the conclusion of the public comment period, all comments are reviewed, and the interpretation is finalized during the next CoAEMSP Board of Directors meeting.

The interpretations for several CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines were developed during the July 2020 CoAEMSP Board of Directors meeting and released for a public comment period. All comments were reviewed, and the italicized interpretations were finalized during the November 2020 CoAEMSP Board of Directors meeting. The CoAEMSP Policy and Procedures document and the CoAEMSP Interpretations of the CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines can be found here.

The CoAEMSP Board provides predictable, consistent, and deliberate communications with its sponsors about the work of the Board. The Board provides official updates via the Board Highlights to each of its 14 sponsors within 30 days of each Board meeting.

These highlights are shared directly with each of the sponsors’ CEOs following the 30-day moratorium after a Board meeting as well as posted here for review by anyone, including students, graduates, faculty, Paramedic educational program sponsors, administration, hospital/clinic representatives, employers, police and/or fire services with a role.

Read Board Highlights from the most recent Board of Directors Meeting here.

You will find Board Meeting Highlights from previous meetings here.

Staff Contact: Jennifer Anderson Warwick, jennifer@coaemsp.org 

The inaugural ACCREDITCON in 2019 saw nearly 500 guests; in 2020, we were on track to exceed that number before canceling. The conference in 2021 will look different because of the implemented precautions to protect guests at ACCREDITCON.

On December 8 all program directors and lead instructors received an email from us asking them to complete a short survey providing their thoughts about ACCREDITCON in 2021, which is scheduled to be held June 2-6, in Louisville.

Your perspective is valuable, recognizing that plans for ACCREDITCON may change over the next few months. The survey intends to gauge your current outlook about this event today and aid the CoAEMSP Board of Directors, Program Planning Committee, and staff in making informed decisions.

If you have not taken the survey, please complete it now! You do not need to be a program director or lead instructor to complete it.

Your site visitors inquire how you document the progression of student learning. What are they asking for and how can you demonstrate that your program is not just focused on checking the boxes, but on communication among faculty, including the Medical Director, and monitoring student progression in attaining competencies in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains?

Join Pat and Megan to learn how to track/document when regression occurs or progress stalls, understand considerations of ways to answer the question: ‘How do you monitor and document progression of student learning?'

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Committee on Trauma and Emergency Preparedness (COTEP) is undertaking a major project on opiate overdose this year – chiefly regarding the furnishing of naloxone treatment in the same way defibrillators and tourniquets have been popularized.

To learn more about the project, such as combating the problem, public education, opioid naloxone reversal, public advocacy, and the recommendations, read the recent article in the ASA Monitor here.

The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) will stop issuing Provisional Certifications on December 31, 2020. Please note that Provisional Certifications already issued are valid through the end of next year – December 31, 2021, or when a provider successfully passes the psychomotor examination and becomes fully Nationally Registered.

For those who currently hold a Provisional Certification, the path to convert to full Nationally Registry certification only requires successful completion of the psychomotor examination.

A reminder to EMS providers to also check with your state EMS office and/or local licensing authority for information about your State EMS License or local credentials.

CoAEMSP Policy IV.A.3., Maintaining Accreditation – Publishing Program Accreditation Status states:

3. If a program has CAAHEP accreditation, the sponsor must use the following language when referring to that accreditation:

a.   In at least one (1) of its comprehensive publications customarily used to officially convey institutional information, it must state:

“The [name of program] is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP).

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

9355 - 113th St. N, #7709

Seminole, FL 33775

727-210-2350

To contact the CoAEMSP:

8301 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 111-312

Rowlett, TX 75088

214-703-8445

Fax: 214-703-8992

www.coaemsp.org"

10:00am-2:30pm Central Time each day

10:00am-2:30pm Central Time each day

10:00am-2:30pm Central Time each day

10:00am-2:30pm Central Time each day

These virtual workshops are held via Zoom and are designed to educate participants on the 2015 CAAHEP Standards and the accreditation process, enhancing the accreditation knowledge of Paramedic program faculty. Through the use of expert presentations and interactive group learning activities, the workshop will provide best practices to avoid common stumbling blocks.

Space is limited to 40 attendees per workshop to ensure the best virtual learning experience. The first attendees to register and pay in full are guaranteed a spot.

Staff contact: Lynn Caruthers, lynn@coaemsp.org

CAAHEP accredited programs may develop non-main campus locations to deliver components of the course or, at times, the entire program to meet students' and stakeholders' needs. The distinctions and delivery modes can be confusing but are essential in program operation and assessment. CAAHEP has revised the definition of a satellite which must offer all the professional didactic and laboratory content of the program. This may include any distance education delivery modality. The CoAEMSP has defined an alternate location for those sites where a portion of the education is delivered, but not the entire didactic and lab components.

For a current list of LoR and accredited programs, visit www.caahep.org.

Teresa Boron, MSN, RN, Program Director of the Paramedic Program sponsored by Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill., earned the Master of Science in Nursing degree conferred by the University of Phoenix in November 2020. Congratulations!