AAREMS TEK Re-Credentialing Requirements, Beginning January 01, 2016
- Approved by the AAREMS REMAC January 21, 2016 -
The “ALS Procedure and CME record” forms will no longer be sent to the Regional office, and record keeping will be on a yearly, not a six-month basis.Each ALS agency will be responsible for maintaining these records for their personnel, and will make them available on request of the REMAC. Where a TEK is a member of more than one agency, the one at which the greater time is spent (the primary agency) shall be responsible for the records, unless there is a mutually agreed-on arrangement otherwise. Each ALS agency will forward a document to AAREMS at the end of the year, with names, EMT numbers and TEK numbers of their personnel, attesting that they have completed these requirements. The blank documentwill be provided by AAREMS and may be sent electronically when completed. It should be signed by both the agency head and the agency medical director. These documents will be kept on file at the Regional Office, and the TEK records themselves will be kept on file by the agency. Each ALS agency is also asked to provideyearly personnel updates to AAREMS.
YEARLY REQUIREMENTS:
For AEMT level TEKS and Critical Care and Paramedic level TEKs:
4 IVs per calendar year, either patient contact or manikin practice;
For AEMT level TEKS and Critical Care level TEKs:
4 adult Intubations per calendar year, plus 4 adult defibrillations per year, either patient contact or manikin practice;
Completion of an ACLS course during the year will be a substitute for this requirement. The course shall be in person (“live”), not online.
For Paramedic level TEKs:
4 adult intubations, either patient contact or manikin practice, plus 2 manikin practice pediatric intubations during the year;
Completion of an in-person ACLS course during the year will be a substitute for the adult intubation requirement;completion of a PALS, PEPP or EPCcourse during the year will be a substitute for the pediatric intubation requirement. These courses shall be in-person (“live”), not online.
For AEMT level TEKS, and Critical Care and Paramedic TEKs:
12 hours CME during the year. This can be core-content, non-core content, or a combination of both. Physician contact time is also allowable, up to a total of two hours.
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