… is another frequently asked question. The answer given by the Kansas Board of EMS in August is that any Instructor Coordinator or Training Officer who wishes to coordinate a course must attend one of the training weekends. Note that coordinating a course does not mean teaching the course. It means being responsible for overseeing, coordinating, and managing the course delivery, paperwork, etc.
As the Kansas Transition process moves forward, one of the frequently asked questions is, “Where did this come from?”
The new National EMS Scope of Practice was released in mid-2007. In late 2007, the Kansas Board of EMS established the approach for the Kansas EMS Systems Approach to the Future. Invitations to participate in this group included EMS Regions, EMS and Fire Service professional associations, Community Colleges, and members of the Board of EMS. In the end 37 persons participated in creating the KEMSSAF Scope Document. The KEMSSAF scope represents the combination of the new National Scope of Practice along with Kansas enhancements.
Here are a few pieces of information for those planning and budgeting for bridge courses:
All of the course planning documents have been updated to be available for printing in addition to downloading:
Kansas EMR Course Design Planning Document
Kansas EMT Course Design Planning Document
Kansas AEMT Course Design Planning Document
Current page estimates for each manual:
391 – AEMT Student Manual
545 – AEMT Instructor Manual
127 – EMT Student Manual
242 – EMT Instructor Manual
170 – EMT Student Manual
298 – EMR Instructor Manual
Please e-mail us with any questions about these planning documents.
The view from the Oakley hanger . . .
The Kansas EMS Transition airplane flew its maiden train the trainer flight to Oakley this weekend. What a great group of people! Thanks to Region I EMS for a great job of hosting and to all those who attended for bringing passion for EMS to the class. Take a look at the group photo below to see if you recognize any faces.
Oakley Train the Trainer Group
The bags are being packed for our trip to Region I and the Oakley Train-the-Trainer weekend. We are looking forward to engaging with Instructor Coordinators and Training Officers who will be responsible for coordinating the courses in their local areas. We value opportunities to build relationships and exchange ideas as the transition process advances.
More information is available in our recent post: Approved and Moving Forward, throughout this site, and the KBEMS site.
We received approval of the transition course curricula at the August 6, Kansas Board of EMS meeting in Topeka. With this approval, we are moving forward to the train-the-trainer events. Here is some information that persons responsible for the coordination of the transition courses in their communities and services will find useful.
General Information:
- The courses were approved by BEMS as competency based, not time based. What this means is that students are doing more than just sitting in class. They must show competency in the knowledge, skills, and abilities. This may take more or less time than is specified in the individual lesson plans. Your local situation may vary depending upon the experience of the teacher(s) and students. Be flexible and understand the importance of obtaining competency for all students.
- Only I/Cs and TOs who have attended a train the trainer course this fall will be approved to coordinate transition bridge courses. They may find subject matter experts to teach the materials in the course or may, if qualified, teach it themselves.
- Completion of the entire bridge course, with acknowledgement of competency by the instructor and verification by the State Board of EMS will be required BEFORE any technician can use the new scope activities. Local protocols will also need to be in place. This is important to understand. EMS Providers cannot begin using new skills at the end of a given class session or module. EMS Providers must complete the entire course and receive your new certification from the Kansas Board of EMS and the local protocols must reflect the new scope of practice.
- Sample course schedules and course hours for EMR, EMT, and AEMT are available on the documents page of this website or by clicking on each link in this sentence.
There have been a number of questions about the process of bridging to the new scope of practice at each level. Here is a summary of the options.
First Responder:
- First Responders transition to EMR via the EMR Transition Bridge.
- First Responders opt out a transition bridge course and fail to renew certification.
Emergency Medical Technician:
- Emergency Medical Technicians transition to EMT via the EMT Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technicians may choose to transition to EMR via the EMR Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technicians opt out a transition bridge course and fail to renew certification.
Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate:
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediates transition to AEMT via the AEMT Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediates may choose to transition to EMT via the EMT Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediates may choose to transition to EMR via the EMR Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediates opt out a transition bridge course and fail to renew certification.
Emergency Medical Technician Intermediate/Defibrillator:
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate/Defibrillators transition to AEMT via the AEMT Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate/Defibrillators may choose to transition to EMT via the EMT Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate/Defibrillators may choose to transition to EMR via the EMR Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Intermediate/Defibrillators opt out a transition bridge course and fail to renew certification.
Emergency Medical Technician – Defibrillator:
- Emergency Medical Technician – Defibrillator transition to AEMT via an existing EMT – Intermediate Curriculum and the AEMT Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Defibrillator may choose to transition to EMT via the EMT Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Defibrillator may choose to transition to EMR via the EMR Transition Bridge.
- Emergency Medical Technician – Defibrillators opt out a transition bridge course and fail to renew certification.
Below is updated information regarding the Train-the-Trainer courses including known locations and links to each Region’s website.
| Date | Location | |
| August 28, 29 – 2010 | Region I | Oakley |
| September 25, 26 – 2010 | Region III | Hutchinson |
| October 9, 10 – 2010 | Region VI | Parsons |
| October 23, 24 – 2010 | Region IV | Salina |
| November 6, 7 – 2010 | Region II | Garden City |
| November 20, 21 – 2010 | Region V | Overland Park |
We did a test flight of the Kansas EMS Transition airplane at the Kansas State Capitol building today as we delivered the curriculum for review by the BEMS …
Test Flight of the EMS Transition Airplane
Back from the printer and put into binders. We are on schedule to deliver on Thursday to the Board of EMS! This will be 47 days ahead of the stated contract delivery date of September 1, 2010. This allows the Board of EMS to approve the content prior to the start of the train the trainers.
Finished Product!
It is easy to look at this and feel good about the work we’ve done. The “we” includes a lot of people. This project included many people who participated in the initial focus group sessions, reviewed curriculum, developed components of the curriculum, proof-read hundreds of pages, gave feedback, and otherwise supported the endeavor. This work has the fingerprints of first responders, EMTs, EMT-Is, paramedics, physicians, educators, and even a couple of people completely outside of the EMS discipline.
To all of those who helped out, thank you. This product is better because of all of you.
Just a note to say that we are in the process of converting files to pdf so that they can go to the printer tomorrow. On Thursday (July 15) we’ll be delivering the curriculum to the Board of EMS. This gives us about 5 weeks to work on developing the train the trainer course. Our first train the trainer course is with our friends in the Northwest in Region 1. It is scheduled for the last weekend in August in Oakley.
Just about all checked off . . .
