On January 10, 2018, the Governor signed a Disaster declaration for the Commonwealth in regard to the Heroin and Opioid crisis. As an element of this, the Acting Secretary of Health/Physician General Dr Levine has made the determination to modify the Nal ...
New Password Requirements for EMS Registry
New Password Requirements Coming This will be implemented for the new EMS Registry System. Any logon you have for the commonwealth SharePoint will change to this standard in January as indicated below. –Minimum length to increase from 8 t ...
TRAIN-PA Course Offerings
A group of new training programs are being added to TrainPA starting December 22, 2017. It is expected that all of the programs will be available by the first of 2018. New program offerings include: Airway Care Airway management Ess ...
First Responder PPE for Synthetic Opioids
The PA Department of Health, Bureau of EMS has forwarded the following recommendation document on selection and use of PPE against exposure hazards to Synthetic Opioids. Click on the link below to review the document. First Responder PPE for Synthetic Op ...
Implementation Date for New Licensure Requirements
The link below is an EMS Information Bulletin establishing the implementation date for EMS Agency licensure requirements published in the June 17th Pennsylvania Bulletin. EMSIB 2017-12