www.tacticalmedicine.com/ & www.jtmlasvegas.com/co...edical.php
These two sites offer some state of the art medical training. The Palm Springs course offers impressive credentials for State (Conus) Swat / & Tactical requirements that look to be a required course in the near future. The Vegas course offers a nice handful of wallet cards for acls, phtls, cpr & pals.

My roomie just took the Palm Springs course and said it rocked...A bit pricey, but worth it...My thoughts, if you're gonna take an I course, then why not go all the way to P.

Wallet cards are not such a big deal- ACLS and PALS are pretty standard; CPR is a pre-requisite for ANY professional medical course.

The simple fact that the above-mentioned course was mentioned in the ONLY post made by 'DJRocky' makes me question the validity of what he writes- he doesn't even have an intro post. Anyone know if he is who he claims to be?

I did the Basic International School Of Tactical Medicine when it was still given at the H.K. facility in Virginia. As Chase said, the class was excellent. It has been given for a long time, by an exemplary staff of experts.

I understand that JTM is an excellent school as well.

percomonline.com/EMT-I...Course.php

Does anyone have experience with the above online course for EMT-I?

I was back in the states due to my mother passing away and was not able to enroll in a local I-course that had started 4 weeks previous. I did end up doing the majority of the twice a week night classes just for CEU's and did take and pass the in-house pre-test. Just couldnt go and take the state test or the NREMT test due to missing out on state notification of enrollment. I am trying to find a way to perhaps just challenge the test.

I am back in the middle east now and do have time to do courses online, then just go back and take care of practical skills and take the final test.

Has anyone any experience with getting an I upgrade this way?

If I should start a new topic, I will, not trying to upset the apple cart here.
thanks
LP

So Bedpan what you are saying is the I's will still be considered a beginner type and P's are pretty much the only marketable why to go, or are there still a need for I's?

All EMTs are regulated by state. If the state recognizes an EMT-I, you can then practice at that level... depending on the agency; a lot of companies don't feel comfortable with a guy they see as having more training as a basic, but less than a paramedic. Liability and insurance also factor in as well-why pay more for a glorified basic (as they see it)when you'll have a paramedic (that you're already paying to do that job). To summarize: you'll get paid as a Basic but be allowed to practice your advanced skills.

As paramedics are to medicine, Intermediates are to pre-hospital providers; you are the red-headed stepchild. Personally, I love having I's around; they make the paramedic's job a lot easier and free up my hands and brain a lot more than any 5 Basics for the very reasons I mentioned above.

National Registry is looking at phasing out the Intermediates (search here) so, unless there's a specific slot that you are specifically going for (tactical medic on a SWAT team, rescue tech, etc.), go the extra mile and leave yourself that flexibility.

my €.02