Advanced EMT Training Program Field Internship.

(a)

An approved Advanced EMT training program shall provide for and monitor a field internship with a designated Advanced EMT or Paramedic service provider(s) approved by the training program medical director.

(b)

After obtaining the approval of the LEMSA, the Advanced EMT training program shall enter into a written agreement with an Advanced EMT or Paramedic service provider(s) to provide for this field internship, as well as for a field preceptor(s) to directly supervise, instruct and evaluate students. The field internship shall include direct patient care responsibilities which, when combined with the other parts of the training program, shall result in the Advanced EMT competencies specified in this Chapter.

(c)

The field internship shall be medically supervised and monitored in accordance with the policies of the LEMSA.

(d)

No more than one (1) Advanced EMT trainee shall be assigned to an Advanced EMT response vehicle during the field internship.

(e)

The Advanced EMT training program shall establish evaluation criteria to be used by field preceptors to evaluate trainees.