City of Beaumont Public Health
Emergency Medical Services

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Certification Courses and Training

• Training Courses are taught in-house by our certified instructors:
  
  • International Trauma Life Support (ITLS)
  • Pediatric Education for Pre-hospital Professionals (PEPP)
  
  
• Beaumont EMS also has agreements with local Hospital Continuing Education departments for classes listed below. The classes are provided at no cost to BEMS employees.
  
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • ACLS Experienced Provider (ACLS-EP)
  • Intructor classes are also available for above certifications.

Continuing Education Program

• Monthly continuing education classes provided to all employees and other healthcare providers. Topics are taken from the recommendation of the QA/QI program.
• Our active Medical Director also participate in this program regularly, providing feedback as well as specific topics
• BEMS employees are paid to attend these classes and training classes required by the department & division.

Training Program

New Employee Training Program (NETP)

• Classroom didatic training; 8am - 5pm
  
  • Basic certification will be required to sit through 4-weeks of training.
  • Intermediate certification will be required to sit through 3-weeks of training.
  • Paramedic certification will be required to sit through 2-weeks of training.
• Protocol and skills instruction
• Basic pathophysiology of common disease processes
• Provides 68 hours of CEUs

Field Training

• Assigned to a Field Training Officer, as third-man on the unit.
• Introduction and application of differential protocols.
• 10 shift minimum with an additional 5 shifts if needed.

Protocol Examination

• 80% required to pass the NETP as well as receiving full CEUs
• Two attempts allowed

Mentorship Program

• Assigned to Mentor Medic - this will allow the new employee opportunity to adapt to the new system.
• Proficiency evaluation period
• 3-6 month duration

Field Evaluation

Field evaluations are performed to verify medics within their respective levels. These field evaluations include, but not limited to:

• Release to Mentorship Phase
• Release off of probational period
• Paramedic-1 Evaluation
• Paramedic-2 Evaluation
• Focus Evaluation
• Remedial Evaluation
• Authorization for Clinical Practice Evaluation

Paramedic Fast-Track Program

The City of Beaumont - Paramedic Fast-Track Program is designed to give our employees the opportunity to upgrade to a Paramedic Certification. Due to the constraints of an "ABC" Shift, the program is schedule around such a shift. This allows our employees to continue working without putting a burden on their financial obligation.

• The course is 15 weeks long
  
  
• Approved by TX - DSHS
  
  
• Dedicated instructors and preceptors