Critical Care Future

By vote of the New York State Emergency Medical Services Council on May 10, 2017, the preceding recommendations were reordered, amended and approved to read in final form as follows:

SEMSCO approves four actions to gradually sunset the CC level of certification in NYS.  These actions would allow continued CC certification renewals, affording REMSCOs and REMACs a prolonged period in which to sustain or reconfigure their systems, based on Regional needs. They would also address the immediate inability of NYS to shoulder the administrative burden and financial costs of revising and maintaining the CC curriculum, Practical Skills Exam and Written CC Certification Exam. The proposed actions are:

 

  1. Continue the CC CME refresher program.
  2. DOH no longer approve original CC courses starting after January 1, 2018.
  3. DOH no longer approve CC refresher or CC rapid refresher courses starting 18 months from item #2 above.
  4. DOH create an automatic advanced standing CC to Paramedic bridge program open to any currently on-line NYS CC with 3 years of continuous practice1. Such a bridge program should include on-line didactic content with availability of skills and testing a local course sponsors. DOH will operate this bridge program for a minimum of 10 years from January 1, 2018.

1 the term “continuous practice” is substituted here for SEMSCO’s “active practice”. The motion makers and SEMSCO voting body indicated their desire to utilize language in the dissemination of this action consistent with 10 NYCRR 800.3(w) to avoid any misinterpretation of intent.