Certified flight paramedic

[3] The FP-C, CCP-C, and/or Critical Care Emergency Medical Transport Program (CCEMTP) certifications are often a requirement to work as a flight paramedic in the United States.

[5] A candidate must hold an unrestricted paramedic license in the state or country of practice, and have a significant knowledge of ACLS, PALS, NRP and BTLS/ITLS and current CAMTS standards.

[6] Similarly to specialty board certification in other health professionals such as ER Nurses and Emergency Medicine Physicians, the FP-C specialty certification is a voluntary credentialing process designed to validate essential knowledge and judgment required for safe and competent practice.

[3] The exam is developed by the Board for Critical Care Transport Paramedic Certification (BCCTPC), a subsidiary of IBSC and administered by Prometric.

The passing standard for each certification exam is set by a designate IBSC Sub-specialty Board, Test Committee or Subject Matter Expert Group.

Members of these groups are nationally recognized specialists whose combined expertise encompasses the breadth of clinical knowledge in the specialty area.

In setting the passing standard, the committee considers many factors, including relevant changes to the knowledge base of the field as well as changes in the characteristics of minimally qualified candidates for certification.

[11] The passing standard for an exam is based on a specified level of mastery of content in the specialty area through a pass/fail and not numeric grading system.

Programs listed on the IBSC recertification page have submitted an Approved Review Course Application from IBSC's Detailed Content Outline (or Blueprint) that includes a letter from their Program Director outlining why they should be approved to teach this course, a content outline, a letter of support from the medical director, a copy of medical director's resume as well as a list all faculty for the class and a copy of each faculty member's resume and credentials and a list of proposed course dates and locations.

As of July 11, 2019, there are 7,014 certified flight paramedics worldwide, 656 of whom hold dual certification as a CCP-C in the United States.