Alleged EMT Grade-Changing Under Investigation at Ohio Fire Academy — Emergency Medical Services (EMSResponder.com)

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Alleged EMT Grade-Changing Under Investigation at Ohio Fire Academy — Emergency Medical Services (EMSResponder.com):

Alleged EMT Grade-Changing Under Investigation at Ohio Fire Academy

Story by nbc4i.com

A state investigation is under way into alleged grade-changing at the Ohio State Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg. It's raising questions about public safety and whether the people providing the public with emergency medical care have been properly certified.

The following is a transcript of Nancy Burton's report, shown on NBC 4 at 11 p.m. on April 27, 2006.

Nancy Burton: If 70 is passing, you can see from this report obtained by NBC 4 more than half the students who took the EMT exam at the State Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg last December failed the final exam. Anything below 70 percent means students are not permitted to sit for the national registry exam, which they must also pass to become certified emergency medical technicians.(Read More)