List of EMS provider credentials


An EMS provider's post-nominal credentials usually follow his or her name in this order:
  • Highest earned academic degree in or related to medicine,
  • Highest licensure or certification
  • Further certifications
Generally, credentials are listed from most to least prestigious. A degree, once earned, cannot be taken away. Sometimes, licensure and certifications must be periodically renewed by examination or the completion of a prescribed number of continuing education units.
EMS providers may also hold non-EMS credentials, including academic degrees. These are usually omitted unless they are related to the provider's job. For instance, a paramedic might not list an MBA, but a supervisor might choose to do so.
The provider's credentials are separated from the person's name with commas. There are usually no periods within the credentials.

A

B

C

  • CADS - Certified Ambulance Documentation Specialist
  • CCP - Critical Care Paramedic
  • CCP-C Certified Critical Care Paramedic
  • CCP-F - Critical Care Paramedic - Flight
  • CEMSO - Chief Emergency Medical Service Officer
  • CFR - Certified First Responder
  • CIC - Certified Instructor Coordinator
  • CLI - Certified Lab Instructor
  • C-NPT - Certified Neonatal & Pediatric Transport
  • CP-C - Certified Community Paramedic
  • CEP - Certified Emergency Paramedic
  • C-EM - Certified Event Medic
  • CEP-I - Continuing Education Program Instructor

E

  • EMA - Emergency Medical Attendant
  • EMA-D - Emergency Medical Attendant - Defibrillator
  • EMD - Emergency Medical Dispatcher
  • EMPACT - Emergency Medical Patient: Assessment Care and Treatment
  • EMR - Emergency Medical Responder
  • EMSI - Emergency Medical Services Instructor
  • EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
  • EMT IC - Emergency Medical Technician - Instructor Coordinator
  • AEMT - Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
  • Paramedic - Paramedic
  • Paramedic IC - Paramedic Instructor Coordinator
  • EMT-AD - Emergency Medical Technician - Automatic Defibrillator
  • EMT-CC - Emergency Medical Technician - Critical Care
  • EMT-CT - Emergency Medical Technician - Cardiac Tech
  • EMT-T - Emergency Medical Technician - Tactical
  • EMT-ST - Emergency Medical Technician - Shock Trauma
  • EPC - Emergency Pediatric Care
  • ERT - Emergency Room Technician
  • ENLS-Emergency Neurological Life Support

F

  • FACPE - Executive Paramedic Officer: Fellow of the College of Paramedic Executives
  • FP-C - Certified Flight Paramedic
  • FF-EMT - Firefighter Emergency Medical Technician
  • FF-AEMT - Firefighter Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
  • FF-Paramedic - Firefighter Paramedic
  • FF-P - Firefighter Paramedic
  • FF-NRP - Firefighter, Nationally Registered Paramedic
  • FTO - Field Training Officer

G

  • GEMS - Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services
  • GEMS-I - Geriatric Education for Emergency Medical Services Instructor

I

  • IC - Instructor/Coordinator
  • ITLS Basic - International Trauma Life Support Basic
  • ITLS Advanced - Advanced International Trauma Life Support
  • ITLS Access - Access International Trauma Life Support
  • ITLS Military - Military International Trauma Life Support
  • ITLS Pediatric - Pediatric International Trauma Life Support

L

  • LI - Lead Instructor
  • LP - Licensed Paramedic

M

N

P

R

S

T

  • TCCC - Tactical Combat Casualty Care
  • TECC - Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
  • TP-C - Certified Tactical Paramedic
  • TR-C - Certified Tactical Responder

W