Emergency Medical Responder (EMR)
Alumni Resources
Congratulations on Completing Your
Emergency Medical Responder
Certification
Below, 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...
…bookmark this page! You’ll need it.
Your EMR Certificate
If you have successfully completed your EMR training, you should receive your certificate by email within two business days. If you do not receive that email, let us know.
If you have unpaid course fees, or if any course requirements are incomplete, your certificate will be processed once these are resolved. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Your EMALB EMR License Examinations
The following information is copied directly from the EMALB website.
Submit electronically the Application for Licence form to register for exams and choose your preferred practical exam location.
Submit your certificate by attaching to your application form above or by email to getanexam@gov.bc.ca.*
Obtain a BCeID. Please use only lowercase characters in your BCeID username. (If you already have a BCeID and password you may skip this step).
Please use your BCeID username and password to create a new account in the online learning system (it may take up to 2 weeks to be granted access).
Read the BC provincial examination guidelines for PCPs and EMRs.**
Successfully complete both the EMR written and jurisprudence exams online.
Once your online exams have been successfully completed the branch will schedule your practical examination.
*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.
Your EMR License Preparation Resources
There is an unavoidable gap between the end of your course and your licensing examinations. During this time, your success depends on you working not only to maintain your skills, but to improve them so that you are as prepared as possible.
Fortunately, we have a few resources that can help you keep those skills sharp!
Textbooks and Knowledge Resources
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.
Knowledge Quiz Practice Question Bank. Coming Summer 2025!
Open Practice Nights
The Vancouver Training Base is open Mondays and Wednesdays 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
This 3 days of intensive training is designed to get you back on track, just in time for your licensing exam. In licensing - as in life - there are no guarantees, but 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 for license prep training, select your dates below and use the code LICENSEREADY to get your 15% EMR alumni discount off the $495 course price!
Your Schedule 2 License Endorsements
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.
If you completed a full-time EMR program after March 11, 2024, this training is included in your certification.
If you receive your EMR license with restrictions (marked in large blocks of yellow-highlighted text) 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.
Your EMR Community
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 Wilderness 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! EMR instructors often can use volunteers to help observe student skills, run scenarios, and give a bit of one-to-one instruction if a student is struggling. Many of our alumni have credited these opportunities with their success in licensing. Or, see things from the other side by volunteering as a patient during a Wilderness First Responder evening or overnight scenario!
Become a Volunteer
*Please be comfortable and confident in your skills and in the treatment guidelines before volunteering in an EMR classroom!
Thanks again, for choosing Coast Wilderness Medical for your EMR training. We wish you the best of luck in licensing and your career. Please do not hesitate to reach out if there is anything at all that I can do for you.
Kieran Hartle,
Coast Wilderness Medical Training.