Author: chadblosser

Each year as we get close to Registry recertification season, the ACE Division updates and publishes a guide on the OEMS website which details an express option for Registry certified providers to complete their online National Registry Recertification application. This guide can be found at: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uploads/sites/23/2023/04/Quick-Guide-NREMT-Recert-2024-1.pdf.

It includes step-by-step instructions on recertification, both with screenshots or without. The guide is updated each year, however maintaining up-to-date screenshots due to tweaks and changes Registry makes to its website, can be a challenge. The basic guidance in the document is sound, even with the changes Registry has made to their website.

If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to me at chad.blosser@vdh.virginia.gov.

The Office of EMS is pleased to introduce our revamped mobile app.  The improved app maintains all the functionality of the existing mobile app and adds new features to assist Virginia providers with maintaining their certification.  The app is free to download and use.  A Quick Guide for the app can be found here.

As a part of the update, the office has made available several new features which make the app integral to assisting providers with access to key information they need pertaining to their certification and continuing education.

For EMS Providers, new features include:

• quick access to your digital certification card for scanning continuing education
• detailed continuing education report to assist you in determining where they are in their recertification cycle
• agency affiliations so you know what agencies have you on their roster, and
• access to information about the annual Virginia EMS Symposium

For EMS Educators, new features include all of the above PLUS:

• quick access to your digital Education Coordinator certification card for scanning continuing education
• real-time details of your EC certification to include recertification details
• a list of active and inactive courses which you have announced to the Office, and
• access to “hours taught” which count toward recertification.