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Licensing Information for Manitoba

In Canada Emergency Health Services are regulated on a provincial or territorial basis and in most area’s you need to be licensed in order to practice i.e. before you can respond to a patient in a paid capacity.

 

In Manitoba the regulatory and licensing authority is Manitoba Health – Emergency Medical Services

 

Manitoba Health recognises and licenses the following grades of practitioner:

 

  • Medical First Responder
  • Technician (Emergency Medical Responder)
  • Technician – Paramedic (Primary Care Paramedic)
  • Technician - Advanced Paramedic (Advanced Care Paramedic)
  • Aeromedical Attendant

Requirements for License

 

First Responder

Technician

Technician Paramedic

Technician Advanced Paramedic

Pre-requisites

Employed where responding to medical emergencies is not a main priority

Completion of an approved training course within 1 year of start of the licensing process

Jurisprudence Exam

Not

at this

time

Written Exam (separate)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Skill Stations

5

5

None

Practical Simulations

No

No

No

 


An Aeromedical Attendant needs to be Technician Advanced Paramedic PLUS  have CAMATA, BCLS and ACLS, BTLS or Trauma Nursing Care.

 

Licensing Exams


Written Exams

100 multiple choice, true/false and scenario based questions all based on the Manitoba emergency treatment guidelines.


5 Skill stations:

  1. Immobilisation

  2. Airway Management

  3. Wound Management

  4. Fracture Management

  5. Childbirth