CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Emergency medical score pass rates are higher than ever before, and the protocols used by EMS teams throughout the state are in the top 15 in the country.

West Virginia Department of Health’s Office of Emergency Medical Services Director Jody Ratliff said as recently as 2023 some EMT scores dipped into the 40s, but those rates have doubled, while test scores for AMTs (Advanced Medical Technicians) have remained constant.

“All of a sudden now our EMT pass rate is around 86 percent, our AMT pass rate is still in the mid-80spercent, our EMR pass rate went up to 71.5 percent, and our first-time pass rate for paramedics is 96 percent,” Ratliff said Thursday on WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.”

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