Acls

[Samurai0>>]

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Anyone have ACLS and EMT-B here? Is it worth getting, instead of EMT-I?

 

[OSUdoc08]

what?

 

[Agent Splat]

My understanding of this: Even though you can probably TAKE the ACLS course as an EMT-B, you probably won't be able to use the skills on a service anywhere. You're better off with EMT-I if you want more skills that you can actually use.

 

[OSUdoc08]

Yeah ACLS isn't a certification---it's just a 2 day class. You have to be certified/licensed/registered as a paramedic/RN/MD/DO etc. to use it.

And EMT-I won't work either. You have to be a paramedic.

 

[emt30119]

I am a EMT-B and I have ACLS....but I'm also an RN

 

[Agent Splat]

I am a EMT-B and I have ACLS....but I'm also an RN

I'm assuming you always use your ACLS in the capacity of an RN, not an EMT-Basic?

 

[niko327]

I am a EMT-B and I have ACLS....but I'm also an RN

My socks are blue.

 

[HNS]

Depending on thescope of practice in your area the EMT-I may be albe to use all of the ACLS cert. It is, however no the other way around. Certification is the key, a single class changes nothing with regards to scope of practice.

 

[Daedalus]

If you're in LA county, forget about it. Scope of practice is so ridiculously small for EMTs (even paramedics) that I sometimes think all I can do is give O2 and transport... ugh