Who can help me better understand current Air Force medical specialties?

PO2 Skip Kirkwood — Sat, 02 May 2015 09:16:48 -0400

I am working with some Federal officials (congressmen and senators) on an effort to help military medics and corpsman more easily access civilian EMS credentials. I understand the Army and Navy programs but I don't anything about USAF medical specialties (MOS or NEC?). If somebody with admin knowledge of the USAF medical specialties and programs is willing to assist, please contact me via RP or at [login to see] . Thanks.

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made May 2 at 2015 9:28 AM

TSgt Joshua Copeland — Sat, 02 May 2015 09:28:41 -0400

I don't know specifics because I am not a 4N series, but I know most bases have EMT programs and EMT refresher courses to keep thier certifications up.

Response by Col Private RallyPoint Member made May 2 at 2015 9:47 AM

Col Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 02 May 2015 09:47:34 -0400

Check out this website for the medical education and training campus. I believe it's joint service and you may be able to obtain some more information.

http://www.metc.mil/

Response by LTC Yinon Weiss made May 2 at 2015 2:11 PM

LTC Yinon Weiss — Sat, 02 May 2015 14:11:04 -0400

On the desktop site, check out the Air Force Aerospace Medical Services group, with over 1700 members that you can try to connect with:
https://www.rallypoint.com/specialties/4n0x1-aerospace-medical-service/primary

Some of the more active members are MSgt Allan Folsom and SrA Private RallyPoint Member.

Find Aerospace Medical Service (4N0X1)'s on RallyPoint

Connect with other 4N0X1s. Share you knowledge and get the career advice you need from others with your experience.

Response by PO1 Dustin Adams made May 2 at 2015 2:15 PM

PO1 Dustin Adams — Sat, 02 May 2015 14:15:21 -0400

Hopefully there is some success with this. Administrative types seem to forget that Paramedics were born out the Corpsman and Medics returning from Vietnam.

Response by SrA Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2015 3:55 PM

SrA Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 04 May 2015 15:55:27 -0400

I emailed you directly PO2 Skip Kirkwood I can go over this with you as both an Air Force Med Tech as well as an EMT

Response by CMSgt Gary Fichman made Oct 29 at 2016 3:45 PM

CMSgt Gary Fichman — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 15:45:31 -0400

I was part of the working group to get NREMT for the services. The Air Force was the leader on this initiative (we added it in technical school and required 100% of folks in the field to get the certification), CMSgt Dave Bayliss (ret now) was at Air Staff and got this done. AF Medical Service Chiefs from all Commands met with the Army and Navy--unfortunately not much interest at that time. The Air Force has a number of civilian certification awarded out of tech school (NREMT, lab, radiology, & maybe more now) plus we paid for other medical specialities to gain certification after gaining a 7 kill level.
We attempted to get states to allow our grads to take state nursing (LVN, RN) boards (like California), but ran into the resistance. Seems that is a money making machine between state nursing boards and nursing schools. I have brought the subject to our legislators here in Wyoming, but got the same response.

Response by Capt Andrew Pratt made Dec 7 at 2016 2:21 PM

Capt Andrew Pratt — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:21:28 -0500

Response by SSgt Charity Imfeld made Jun 25 at 2017 12:03 AM

SSgt Charity Imfeld — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 00:03:18 -0400

It would be nice if they could change some of the training or continuing education to meet the requirements of the nursing board as well.