This refresher provides necessary hours for a Texas AEMT State recertification including the Texas EMS Jurisprudence Course and Exam.

2025 NCCP (ALS)
Number of Courses:  15 Live 2-Hour Classes
Credit Awarded:  30 Hours
Credit Type: Advanced
Accredited: CAPCE (F5-VILT), CE Broker (FL, KY, TN), Pennsylvania Bureau of EMS, and Virginia Office of EMS
Enrollment Period:  One year or until completed, whichever comes first
Topics:  Covers all mandatory NREMT hours for NREMT NCCP (30 hours)

Anytime
Number of Courses: 100+ Recorded Courses
Credit Awarded:  100+ Hours
Credit Type: Basic and Advanced
Accredited: CAPCE (F3-Distributive)
Enrollment Period:  One year or until completed, whichever comes first (Nonrefundable)
Topics:  Airway, Breathing, Cardiology, Assessment, Medical Emergencies, Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Operational Tasks, Preparatory, Trauma

Texas EMS Jurisprudence Course and Exam
Number of Courses:  8 Recorded Courses
Credit Awarded:  3 Hours
Accredited: CAPCE (F3-Distributive), Texas DSHS
Enrollment Period:  60 days
Topics:  Designed to meet the mandatory requirements for the state of Texas as set forth by the Department of State Health Services (DSHS).

Live classes offered in convenient blocks several times a month with a varying schedule to meet your needs. Classes can be taken in any order making it even easier!

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The Anytime program consists of over 100 self-directed learning modules providing quality education in a recorded format.  These recorded programs report to CAPCE in real time.

The Texas jurisprudence exam determines the knowledge of the Health & Safety Code – Ch. 773, department rules, and any other applicable laws affecting the applicant’s activities regulated by the department. This program requirement was approved by the 84th Legislative Session.

Live Courses included:
NCCP L1: Airway Anatomy and Physiology – Adult and Pediatric
NCCP L2: Basic Airway Management, CPAP/BiPAP
NCCP L3: Cardiac Emergencies – Adult and Pediatric
NCCP L4: Cardiac Resuscitation – Pediatric
NCCP L5: Heart Failure and VADs, Trauma Assessment
NCCP L6: Bleeding Control/Shock, CNS Trauma
NCCP L7: Ambulance Safety, Evidence Based Guidelines
NCCP L8: Medical Emergencies Overview, Opioids
NCCP L9: Allergic Reactions/Anaphylaxis, Environmental Emergencies
NCCP L10: Diabetic Emergencies, Pediatric Emergencies
NCCP L11: Sepsis, Neurological Emergencies
NCCP L12: Advanced Airway Management
NCCP L13: Advanced Cardiac Management – Adult and Pediatric
NCCP L14: Advanced Trauma Management
NCCP L15: Crew Resource Management, MCI Response

Anytime Courses included:
Airway, Respiration & Ventilation
· Online: Basic Airway Care
· Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
· Online: Critical Airway Management
· Geriatric Respiratory Emergencies
· Pediatric Respiratory Emergencies
· Pediatric Airway Management
· Supraglottic Airway Management
· Capnography

Cardiovascular
· Code Management
· Online: VAD Patients: EMS Response
· Medical Assessment
· Geriatric Assessment
· Stroke
· Sudden Cardiac Death
· Online: Pediatric Cardiac Arrest: Management and Response
· 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG)
· Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Care
· Heart Failure

Trauma
· Abdominal Trauma
· Blunt Chest Trauma
· Bomb Blast Injuries
· Crush Injuries
· Combat-Related TBI
· Geriatric Trauma: Hip Injuries
· Sports Injuries
· Tourniquets & Hemorrhage Control
· Trauma During Pregnancy
· Triage
· Intraosseous Vascular Access
· Pediatric Emergencies: Burns

Medical Emergencies
· Abdominal Emergencies
· Anaphylaxis
· Asthma
· Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Response Awareness
· Cyanide Poisonings
· Diabetic Emergencies
· Geriatric Behavioral Emergencies
· Geriatric Poisonings
· Obstetrics/Childbirth
· Ebola Awareness for EMS
· Infection Control: MRSA
· Infectious Disease Update & Personal Protection
· Pediatric Behavioral Emergencies: Autism (ASD)
· Pediatric Fevers and Seizures
· Street Drugs
· Communicable Diseases: Childhood & Travelers
· Opioid Epidemic: Response for EMS
· Pediatric Poisoning
· Pregnancy: Medical Emergencies
· Seizures
· Pain Management
· Medical Delivery in EMS

Operational Tasks
· Online: Pediatric Transport
· Online: Pediatric Equipment
· Assault Victim Care
· Bariatric Patient: Care & Transport
· Crew Resource Management
· Domestic Violence
· Online: Human Trafficking: An EMS Perspective
· Pediatric Assessment
· Emergency Driving
· Emergency Vehicle Operations
· DMAT & Mass Gathering Medicine
· Managing Multiple Patients: EMS Operations
· MCI Management: Transportation Group
· Back Injury Prevention for EMS
· Emergency Responders, Fire, and Cancer
· Lifting & Moving
· Respiratory Protection for Emergency Responders
· Responder Wellness and Fitness
· The Role of Research and EBGs
· HazMat: EMS Response
· Medication Errors & Equipment Failures
· Report Writing
· Scene Safety
· Scene Safety: Meth Labs
· Workplace Stress

Other
· Bloodborne Pathogens
· Affective Characteristics
· Agricultural HazMat: EMS Response
· Air Medical Transports
· Assessment: Medical Patient
· Burns: Thermal
· Cold Weather Emergencies: Hypothermia
· Critical Decision Making
· Electrical Injuries
· EMS Flood Response
· Entrapped Patients
· Eye Injuries: Response for EMS
· Extreme Heat Emergencies
· Extreme Sports Injuries: Extremity Trauma
· Extended Patient Care Transports
· Extrication & Patient Packaging
· Facial Injuries
· Mechanism of Injury
· Medical Assessment: Syncope
· Interpreting Vital Signs
· MVC Management
· Musculoskeletal Emergencies
· Patient Refusal
· Pediatric Trauma
· Rehab Sector: The Role of EMS
· Renal Failure: Acute
· Renal Failure: Chronic
· Risk Management: Refusals & Abandonment
· Social Media & EMS
· Summer Emergencies
· Terrorism: EMS Readiness
· Trauma Assessment
· Water Rescue Considerations for EMS
· Understanding Shock

Texas EMS Jurisprudence Course and Exam included:

Didactic Objectives 

a. HSC 773
Sec. 773.050. MINIMUM STANDARDS – Jurisprudence Exams
Sec. 773.0612. ACCESS TO RECORDS
Sec. 773.064. CRIMINAL PENALTIES
b. 157.02 – Definitions

Meanings as used in Texas Administrative Code Rules

Administrator of Record Requirements
Minimum Staffing requirements for different levels (BLS, ALS,MICU, etc.)
Treatment and Transport Protocol requirements
Minimum Equipment requirements for different levels (BLS, ALS,MICU, etc.)
Responsibilities of the EMS Provider

d. 157.16 – EMS Provider Disciplinary Actions

Reasons for disciplinary actions
Types of disciplinary actions

e. 157.33 – Certification

Certification requirements
Certification length
Time limit on completing requirements
Reciprocity
Responsibilities of an EMS Personnel

f. 157.34 – Recertification

Recertification requirements
Recertification Options
Late recertification

g. 157.36 – EMS Personnel Disciplinary Actions

Reasons for disciplinary actions
Types of disciplinary actions

h. 157.38 – Continuing Education

Local credentialing and authorization to practice
Definitions
Types of and criteria for acceptable continuing education
Responsibilities of certified or licensed EMS personnel
Audits

i. 197.3 Off-line Medical Director

Duties
Requirements of the medical director
Education requirements
Physicians that may not be off-line medical director

j. 103 Injury Prevention and Control

Purpose
Confidentiality of Records
Reporting requirements for EMS Providers