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EMT psychomotor exam regulations

Title (Dublin Core)

EMT psychomotor exam regulations

Description (Dublin Core)

At the start of the pandemic, the state of Massachusetts Department of Public Health shut down EMT psychomotor exams which meant that we could not certify new EMTs for several months. This is a terrible thing for an industry that was already having staffing problems before the pandemic began. Then in the summer, the state began to allow us to hold the exams again but under significant restrictions. We had to limit our exams to 8 students which meant that we were forced to hold several small exams instead on one larger one (a logistical nightmare). The students had to do the exam in full PPE with constant hand-washing and sanitation requirements.
This past week, the state sent out new provisions regarding psychomotor exams. Thankfully, now we can hold larger exams again. Many of the other regulations are still in place, but the fact that we can have all of our students test at the same time makes things so much easier.

Date (Dublin Core)

April 11, 2021

Creator (Dublin Core)

Matthew Williams

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Matthew Williams

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Government State
English Social Distance

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

Massachusetts
EMT
psychomotor exam
restriction
test
public health

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

regulation
emergency medical technician
psychomotor exam
Massachusetts
DPH

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/11/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/18/2021
09/21/2021
08/02/2022

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This item was submitted on April 11, 2021 by Matthew Williams using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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