… on successfully achieving your Emergency Medical Responder (EMR) and Red Cross Basic Life Support certifications!
On this page, you will find key information to help you as you move forward with EMR licensing and with your career. As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have.
This page has a lot of information , including:
Receiving and accessing your certification.
Scheduling your EMALB licensing exams.
Your EMR license preparation resources.
Volunteering and otherwise staying connected with our community.
Scroll down to learn about all of these resources, but first…
You will refer to it often.
If you have successfully completed your EMR training, you should receive your certificate by email within two business days – don’t forget to check your spam folder! If you do not receive your certificate by email in that time, please let us know.
If you have unpaid course fees, or if any course requirements are incomplete, your certificate cannot be processed until these are resolved.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
*At some point you may be instructed to give your training provider permission to share your certificate with the EMALB. This is not necessary.
**The BC Provincial Exam Guidelines (PEGs) comprise the protocols under which your practical licensing exam will be conducted. The Coast Wilderness Medical Guidelines and Training Protocols document includes, and is completely consistent with, the BC PEGs. However, it is recommended that you check for changes that may have been instituted since your EMR class finished. This information can be found at in a table at the end of the PEGs.
Fortunately, we have a few resources that can help you keep those skills sharp!
Textbooks and Knowledge Resources
Review your online material, including all Knowledge Quizzes.
Emergency Care for the Professional Responder. This is the textbook that most of the course is based on.
EMR Guidelines and Training Protocols. This is the document that you worked out of during your EMR class. It is based on the Provincial Exam Guidelines, but built out to be better used as a handbook for practicing your simulations and scenarios.
Practice Scenarios. These scenarios cover all levels, from basic skills practice to complex, licensing-style head-scratchers! Download the CWMT Scenario Book.
Open Practice Nights
The Vancouver Training Base is open Mondays and Thursdays from 5:30 PM until about 9:30 PM for open practice. There is always a great mix of people, all of whom are dedicated to getting ready for licensing or just doing a bit of skills refresh, and you are certain to find a like-minded group of people with whom you are comfortable working. There is usually an instructor around for the first hour or two on Wednesday nights. You can sign up for Vancouver practice nights here.
Practice nights in Squamish are organized through a WhatsApp group. You can join the Squamish practice nights group here.
Volunteering
Volunteer as an assistant instructor in an EMR classroom, or as a patient in a gnarly WFR extended scenario outdoors! See more about volunteering in Your EMR Community, below.
License Preparation Class
These 4 days of intensive training are designed to get you back on track, just in time for your licensing exam. If you haven’t had a chance to practice, or you’re just feeling rusty, the license prep class might give you your best shot at passing your licensing exam.
To register, go to the license prep training page, select your dates, and use the code LICENSEREADY to get your 15% EMR alumni discount!
In September 2022, the Minister of Health approved amendments to the Emergency Medical Assistants Regulation that substantially increase the scope of practice for First Responders and Emergency Medical Responders in BC.
All Coast EMR programs completed after March 11, 2024 includes the Schedule 2 Scope Upgrades.
If you receive your EMR license with restrictions please contact us immediately. We will reach out to the EMALB and ensure that your training is recognized, and a new license should be issued to you without delay.
When you participate in a training program with Coast, you become a part of our community, and we hope that you won’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you might have, an feedback you would like to give us, or if there is anything we can do to help you. Some ways to keep in touch include,
Join the EMR Alumni Facebook Group, where you can learn about practice nights, plan your own, or ask the community any general EMR licensing or career questions that you may have.
Follow us on Instagram @medicinthetrees or on Facebook Coast Medical Training where we regularly post updates on courses, opportunities to join in on night scenarios, as well as cool articles and neat medical videos.
Volunteer: Use the form below to help EMR instructors observe skills, run scenarios, and give one-to-one instruction if a student is struggling. Or, see things from the other side by volunteering as a patient during a Wilderness First Responder evening or overnight scenario!
*Only alumni who can demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of Coast’s practice guidelines and a high level of EMR skills competency will be accepted as classroom volunteers.
Thank you again for choosing Coast Medical Training. We wish you the best of luck in licensing and your career. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out if there is anything at all that we can do for you.
Kieran Hartle,
Program Director,
Coast Medical Training.