CMI 1641 — Refresher EMT
This course meets the retraining requirements for Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT). In addition to reviewing major emergency medical skills, it provides hands-on training to update and improve proficiencies. This course is a vocational skill that must be taken periodically by law for persons employed in an occupation/vocation to maintain employment. An EMS license will specify the level of licensure, i.e., EMT, A-EMT, EMT-1, or Paramedic, and will be effective for a period of four years. In those four years EMT's shall have a minimum of 60 approved CE hours. The course is variable to meet site specific needs. Course content may vary from site to site and may be team taught with industry. This course satisfies part of the educational requirements for EMT recertification as established by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Title 77, Section 515-540 c) and Section 515.590 2) A).