Wilderness EMS Education

Wilderness EMS Education

You can use wilderness EMS education as continuing education towards renewing your certification. The key with any continuing education is that the course is either state recognized as continuing education or CAPCE approved continuing education. In addition, any education must be at or above your level of certification to be used for the National section. If it is below your certification level, it can only be applied to the Local or Individual sections. 


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State-Approved Education 





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