The accrediting body has changed standards again and updated what can constitute a “Team Lead” for Final Field INternship which is what PERCOM calls it’s “capstone” experience in rotations. This is effective immediately. Standard III.C.3. Curriculum The interpretation has new language that states: “To be counted as a Team Lead the Paramedic student must accompany … Read more
Many of you will be seeing emailed notices about your participation, didactic deadlines, or final overall deadlines. These are being generated by a member of our staff who knows nothing about you or your personal situation; she works entirely off the course roster and the log in tracking system on this website. If you receive … Read more
Please copy and paste this link into a web browser url line and go read this JEMS article regarding recent research into the evaluation of strokes by prehospital personnel using the RACE evaluation tool. http://www.jems.com/articles/2016/08/a-paradigm-shift-in-ems-evaluation-of-stroke.html
If you need skills more on a schedule you prefer or can do versus what is posted on the skills calendar in your course, we MAY can set up 1 on 1 skills for you. However, this does cost extra per session unless you can get with fellow students in your course blog or elsewhere … Read more
When you complete what you think is your final clinical or field rotation requirement be SURE to message or email the Clinical Coordinator, Tammy Williams, in this system or at clinicalcoordinator@percomonline.com . Let her know you think you are done so she will move your grading up in the Que. If she determines you have no further … Read more
Please be aware that the emstesting.com testbank and NREMT’s certification testing testbank are based on the CURRENT EMS textbooks (what is the MOST common answer for something in MOST of them) and current PHTLS. In PERCOM, we also teach you NEWER standards that have come out and are based in research that are not always … Read more
We have had some students in rotation settings who have been not representing themselves to the standards expected of PERCOMOnline, Inc. and PERCOM EMS Medical Education Consortium students. ALL students are expected to represent themselves and the school in a professional, mature, and positive manner at all times. Students should ask where they should wait … Read more
Students who cheat on completing course materials or on clinical paperwork or data submissions (fraudulently documenting hours, shifts, contacts, skills, preceptors, preceptor evaluations, etc.) are subject to severe disciplinary action up to and including possible expulsion from the program and a report filed with your state EMS certification or licensing office. Also, if the tuition … Read more
Effective January 1, 2015, Authorizations to Test (ATT) for National EMS Certification will be valid for up to 90 days from the date of issuance, provided all other requirements for National EMS Certification are met. Candidates who do not complete their cognitive examination prior to the expiration date will be required to complete a new … Read more
Every student has a set deadline by which he/she is to complete didactic through final exam and the final deadline to complete EVERYTHING in the course through skills testing, clinical and field rotations, and final field internship (P2). This deadline was stated in the initial course access email you received. While we try to work … Read more