Posted on May 2, 2015
Who can help me better understand current Air Force medical specialties?
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I am working with some Federal officials (congressmen and senators) on an effort to help military medics and corpsman more easily access civilian EMS credentials. I understand the Army and Navy programs but I don't anything about USAF medical specialties (MOS or NEC?). If somebody with admin knowledge of the USAF medical specialties and programs is willing to assist, please contact me via RP or at [login to see] . Thanks.
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I was part of the working group to get NREMT for the services. The Air Force was the leader on this initiative (we added it in technical school and required 100% of folks in the field to get the certification), CMSgt Dave Bayliss (ret now) was at Air Staff and got this done. AF Medical Service Chiefs from all Commands met with the Army and Navy--unfortunately not much interest at that time. The Air Force has a number of civilian certification awarded out of tech school (NREMT, lab, radiology, & maybe more now) plus we paid for other medical specialities to gain certification after gaining a 7 kill level.
We attempted to get states to allow our grads to take state nursing (LVN, RN) boards (like California), but ran into the resistance. Seems that is a money making machine between state nursing boards and nursing schools. I have brought the subject to our legislators here in Wyoming, but got the same response.
We attempted to get states to allow our grads to take state nursing (LVN, RN) boards (like California), but ran into the resistance. Seems that is a money making machine between state nursing boards and nursing schools. I have brought the subject to our legislators here in Wyoming, but got the same response.
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MSgt Joseph Haynes
I have posed the same question and concerns to other state EMS and DoH groups and was met with silence. Then, those same agencies start public service campaigns about the shortage of EMS providers and Nurses. I reply to their campaigns with "look at your military medics who have lots of experience" etc, etc and I get no replies from the state. It's all a money making agenda for the universities. I'm in nursing school now and none of my instructors or professors care in the least about military medic experience.
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Check out this website for the medical education and training campus. I believe it's joint service and you may be able to obtain some more information.
http://www.metc.mil/
http://www.metc.mil/
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Col (Join to see)
What I meant was you can look at the website and make contacts with them. Top right of the webpage "live chat support" and a phone number below that.
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It would be nice if they could change some of the training or continuing education to meet the requirements of the nursing board as well.
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