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Permalink Reply by Joe Workman on February 20, 2010 at 8:27am

take the National Registry Exam for your liscense,

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Permalink Reply by Vanessa Stoffer on February 20, 2010 at 8:28am

Well you would first need to know if New Mexico is part of the National Registry of EMTs. Some states, like PA, aren't so you could be required to challenge the exam for that state. You could always also get information from your instructors who could either help you or point you in the right direction. There is also a website to check out http://www.nremt.org

Hope that helps,
Vanessa

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on February 20, 2010 at 10:00am

You can check with the State you are looking at through either their State Health Departmant or the Dept of Transportation....one of theses are usually the govening bodies....it is called reciprocity....Some States do and others donot...National Certification, ie.. NREMT would solve your problem in most cases....Good luck...stay safe.......Paul

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Permalink Reply by Loyd Dittfurth on February 20, 2010 at 12:14pm

Im here in the texas panhandle and I have some friends up there in clovis that said take the national registry test it will count for your state test. They closed the site down in clovis so he drove to amarillo to take the test.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on February 20, 2010 at 12:20pm

Ralph ...there you go agreeing with me again...this is starting to scare me man...can't we go back to argueing again....? Just a little...? LOL...Hang in there Brother...stay safe...Paul

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Permalink Reply by Aaron Mannan on February 20, 2010 at 5:27pm

i'm actually not that far from clovis. i'm about 2 hours south of there. and i hate to hear that they closed that testing site for national registry. now you got me to wonderin if their state test site is still open haha. the reason why i asked the question is because out in the great state of california, what EMT-B's can do here, would be considered intermediate from what i've heard. and personally, i'd love to move to lubbock and get on with their ambulance service over there. but thanks for the heads up. take care.

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Permalink Reply by blair4630 on February 20, 2010 at 5:40pm

Although PA doesn't require first responders and EMT's to get NREMT for their state lisence, I believe that they will honor it nonetheless.

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Permalink Reply by blair4630 on February 20, 2010 at 5:44pm

I will dido what others have said, either look at your state's dept. of health, or the dept. of health of the state you're interested in going. But also, NREMT certification is always a good thing to obtain and keep. Not only does it help with reciprocity, but it also holds you to a higher level of continuing education (at least vs. PA EMT standards).

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