Three companies that offer training to those with paramedic jobs have teamed up to launch a new program that helps emergency medical services workers affected by the recession receive the continuing education they need in order to maintain their professional license or certification.
Helping Heroes – a joint effort among Pennsylvania-based CentreLearn Solutions and Wisconsin-based EMSResponder.com and Emergency Preparedness Systems – will offer free continuing education to certified first responders, emergency medical technicians and paramedics.
“Across the nation, many EMS personnel are feeling the effects of the recession firsthand, in some cases even losing their jobs,” CentreLearn CEO James Eastham said.
The companies have set up a Web site where EMS workers can learn about and enroll in the Helping Heroes program. EMS workers who qualify will receive a free subscription to the Web site, which offers unlimited access to more than 200 continuing education lessons accredited by the Continuing Education Coordinating Board for Emergency Medical Services.
“Maintaining EMS certification has real costs,” EPS President Greg Friese said. “I am honored to have this opportunity to help lighten the financial burden of EMS professionals who are out of work.”
Participants will receive continuing education certificates after they view a lesson and successfully complete a post-test. Workers looking to enroll in the program must provide documentation of their circumstances and proof of their EMS certification or license.
“It’s very important that everyone in the EMS industry find ways to help those who give so much to our communities,” Scott Cravens, publisher of EMS Magazine and EMSResponder.com, said.
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