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National Registry of EMTs Announces BLS Practice Analysis
COLUMBUS, OH—The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians announced Sept. 8, 2022, the 2022 EMS Basic Life Support (BLS) Practice Analysis is underway.
A random sample of more than 18,000 EMRs and EMTs will begin receiving invitations to participate in the survey that helps determine the knowledge, skills and abilities needed in the successful performance of their day-to-day work.
“This is an important opportunity for EMRs and EMTs to provide feedback on their daily jobs that forms the foundation of the National Registry examination,” said Bill Seifarth, CEO and executive director of the National Registry. “Responding to the BLS Practice Analysis ensures you have a voice in the examination process, by providing information about what your job looks like—the setting, the knowledge and skills needed and input on what actual current practice looks like."
Initial surveys were sent to EMRs and EMTs Sept. 7 from the National Registry. Respondents will review job tasks created by an expert panel from a variety of prehospital settings and geographic regions. They will provide feedback on the frequency and importance of each job task in their role as an EMR or EMT. That feedback will directly impact the creation of the test blueprint. The test blueprint informs the National Registry how many questions to include on the exam for each topic area.
Prior to the survey tool, additional data was collected through job observations and interviews to assist the panel’s development of the job tasks.
“Your voice in this process is vital,” said Nadine LeBarron McBride, PhD, practice analysis manager for the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians. “EMRs and EMTs can and will make a difference by participating in this survey to ensure our examinations reflect daily practice.”
The EMS BLS Practice Analysis is conducted every five years. The National Registry conducted the most recent ALS Practice Analysis in 2019.
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I have been an EMR for over 25 years. I'm the current President of the Summit Twp VFD Inc. that runs a BLS ambulance in the state of PA. We have sent people to EMT training that takes months of two nights a week and weekend days to take the written test and practical test and pass. Then fail the National Registry Test and cannot be certified. I see the main problem for PA is they want to follow National Registry but the protocol for EMT in PA is restricted in the duties they are trained for do not match. PA Department of Health
will not change the training and protocol to match National Registry. People fail and move
on having wasted money and time. How can you pass a test with subjects you have not
been trained in and they legally cannot use in PA. The system is broke!!!
—Peter Albaugh
I’ve been trying to get my basic license for quite some time now I took a new course if the books have changed and we’ve had Covid and other new things out why is the registry not up today as far as the years and questions the national registry is from 2015 my concern is I keep paying for something that’s not gonna change and I want it but at what cost ?
—Brianna Harmon