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Pilot Glen Morthorpe
Flight Nurse Robert Cartner
Flight Paramedic Maddox Burts
11.29.2019
Medevac Alaska - Security Aviation
The Office of EMS sends our deepest condolences to all Medevac Alaska and Security Aviation employees and especially to the families and loved ones of Pilot Glen Morthorpe, Flight Nurse Robert Cartner, and Flight Paramedic Maddox Burts. Our thoughts are with them as they go through this difficult time.
Never Forget 11.29.2019.
2019-2020 EMS Certification Renewal and License Information
 Ambulance Service Expanded Scope Renewal
Beginning this year, expanded scope applications are separate from service certification applications. Updated expanded scope filing requirements and guidelines will be released soon. Expanded scope renewal applications will not be due until later in 2020- stay tuned!
EMS Provider Certification Renewal
Please note the following updated certification renewal processes...
for providers affiliated with a certified service:
- When an affiliation is indicated on the application an email will be sent to the service training officer to verify training.
- These providers will no longer have to enter CME hours individually or indicate National Registry Certification.
for providers not affiliated with a certified service:
- Applicant must enter CME under the “Supplemental Training” section or indicate they have current NREMT certification.
- Department approved CME or CME meeting the National Continued Competency Program will be accepted this December 2019 re-certification cycle.
for ALL applicants:
- Proof of CME is not required to be submitted with the application, however, documentation must be maintained by the individual through the end of the certification cycle as all applications are subject to audit.
- All applicants must indicate at least one of the following: service affiliation, NREMT certification, or CME for the application to process through training validation. Please take time to review your application to avoid any certification renewal delays.
- Beginning with the December 2020 re-certification cycle, CME will be required to meet NCCP requirements.
More information can be found on the Alaska Office of EMS Webpage. If you any questions about the current EMS regulation changes please email the State EMS Office.
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Attention EMS Medical Directors
Medical Directors will now need to establish and maintain their own account within the Certification Management System in order to electronically sign off on EMS agency and provider applications. |
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December 31- Ambulance Service, EMT 1 Recertification, and ETT Instructor Recertification
March 31- EMT 2, EMT 3, AEMT and Instructor Recertification
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Helpful Tip: Make sure your contact information is current in the Certification Management System to receive important information regarding your certification renewal application. |
Internet Explorer no longer supported for AURORA Elite as of January 1, 2020.
Please see the following announcement from ImageTrend, our EMS data systems vendor, about web browser support changes for the Alaska Uniform Response Online Reporting Access (AURORA) system.
Advances in technology are as predictable as the changing of the seasons. As we look into the advances in browser technology, we often need to look within to see where we can adopt improvements in security and performance. Not all web browsers are created equally and here at ImageTrend, we embrace change for the better.
As of Jan 1st, 2020, ImageTrend Elite will no longer support Internet Explorer 10 or 11. ImageTrend will continue to support Internet Explorer with our other applications such as Patient Registry, Resource Bridge, License Management and Billing Bridge.
In an upcoming release, a warning banner will appear for those users who currently use Internet Explorer with Elite for further communication of the change. ImageTrend Elite will continue to support the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Microsoft’s Edge browsers. We are excited to innovate and continue to challenge our creativity in order to bring you the best ePCR and RMS system on the market!
If you have questions, please email the State EMS Office.
2020 EMS for Children Data Collection Effort
January 2020- March 2020
The Alaska EMS for Children Program (EMSC) is pleased to be working with the National Emergency Medical Services for Children Data Analysis Resource Center (NEDARC), located at the University of Utah, on an upcoming nationwide quality improvement effort aimed at identifying how to better support EMS services in caring for pediatric patients.
As part of this effort, a select sample of State Certified EMS services will receive an email January 7th from the NEADRC team asking for help completing a 6 minute survey! The message will be sent from the email address emsc@hsc.utah.edu with the display name Emergency Medical Services for Children.
You can see information about this EMS Assessment by playing this video:
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 If the video does not play for you when clicking on it, please use this link https://spark.adobe.com/video/BV4gTbZanrg8T.
Statewide EMS System Assessment 2020
In our office's effort to create a resilient and sustainable EMS system, the Alaska Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (FLEX) is partnering with the State Office of EMS to provide funding for SafeTech Solutions, LLP to perform a statewide EMS Assessment.
SafeTech Solutions’ approach to a statewide assessment will be to focus at the local level first by listening to the providers, service leaders, local governments, clinicians, hospitals and the public that we serve. The first part of the assessment will start after the New Year, beginning with surveys and individual conversations to include face to face listening sessions.
Since 2004, SafeTech Solutions, has conducted rural EMS assessments across the United States. The depth and breadth of this work is unparalleled in the field, and indeed, SafeTech Solutions’ extensive experience informs its distinctive and successful approach to helping organizations, communities, and regions manage change.
If you have any questions about this EMS Assessment please email the State EMS Office.
Educational Opportunities
26th Annual Interior Region EMS Symposium
March 25-28, 2020
Fairbanks, Alaska
IREMSC Symposium Website
36th Annual Southeast Region EMS Symposium
March 25-29, 2020
Craig on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
SEREMSC Symposium Website
For a list of upcoming EMT classes and other educational opportunities throughout the state please click here.
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