Frequently Asked Questions

CAPCE requires course records be submitted quarterly. We currently submit courses monthly. Providing you or your employer submitted your NREMT number to us during registration, you should see your course records at the beginning of the month following the month you completed the course in. In the meantime you have the fully acceptable completion certificate.

We do not report class completions for Ohio, Texas and Indiana customers not going through CAPCE. If you are a provider from Ohio, Texas or Indiana you will have to do your NREMT submission manually.

In Ohio, the Firefighter CE is backed by Auburn Career Center, Charter number 302.

Depending on your state’s rules and requirements, all or some of our Fire CE can be accepted. In some states, like Ohio, if your chief accepts it, it is accepted. To see if our Fire CE is accepted in your state, or how it can be acceptable (chief approval), contact your state’s fire governing body. For states without firefighter CE requirements, any department can use the CE as part of its drill and training program. Fire training CE hours can be used to comply with or improve your department ISO rating.

The EMS CE are approved or accepted everywhere. In Ohio and Indiana this is by virtue of a contractual agreement with Ohio Approved CE Site number 2462 ResQEd.com. In Texas, we are approved Texas DHSH continuing education site number 600788. For all other states, We are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education known as CAPCE for short and formerly known as CECBEMS. In general, CAPCE is accepted in all states and NREMT. 

There are some specific rules in some states. As rules frequently change and do so without notice, it is always best to check with your governing agency as your license is a contract between you and your governing agency. If you have acceptance questions please click on "contact us" and ask. We will be happy to assist you.

If the EMS CE is accepted in your state of licensure it is accepted by NREMT. Generally, CAPCE accreditation is accepted everywhere however there are some restrictions. Also. rules do change so we suggest you communicate with your state governing body if there is any doubt.

Yes. All of the online EMS continuing education courses taken in CAPCE accounts get reported to CAPCE. CAPCE in turn, reports the records to the National Registry almost immediately. 

We do not report class completions for Ohio, Texas and Indiana customers that don't use CAPCE. If you are a provider from Ohio, Texas or Indiana you will have to do your NREMT submission manually.

We do offer large department or agency discounts. We also offer similar discounts for multiple departments signing up through their region or a hospital med command.

Contact us for further information on our discounts.

We do have a discount available for large groups. Contact us to determine if your agency qualifies.

For individuals, as soon as payment is confirmed by our servers you simply log in and access is virtually immediate. Please allow up to a few minutes for the servers to communicate payment information.

In the case of the Texas Jurisprudence course and firefighter injury course, that registration is not automated. Typically the registration is completed within a few hours or no later than the next business day. You will receive an email when registration for those specific courses has been completed. Please remember to check your spam or junk folders.

In general, yes, we CAN offer live online F5 EMS con ed courses that are accredited by CAPCE. However NREMT no longer requires live CE so we do not have a schedule of VILT classes.

Please see our courses tab, and click on EMS CAPCE F5. If you have specific needs or questions click on contact us.

No. We do not collect or save your information so renewal is not automatic. 

When your account is 45 days from its expiration, there will be a renewal button displayed on your account once logged in. To renew, simply click that button, update any information requested and submit. You will be directed to the secure payment area.

Of course to reduce renewals, you can select a 2 or 3 year subscription.

Yes we do offer courses that can fit in the cardiology category. We offer the NCCP Cardiac Arrest - Adult and Cardiac Arrest - Pediatric as part of the NCCP National Curriculum for all provider levels. We also offer Acute Coronary Syndrome - ACS, Congestive Heart Failure, Post Resuscitation Care, Ventricular Assist Devices and more.

An F3 class is "distributive education" where there is a video, streaming presentation or written article you review on your own time and take an exam.

F1, F2 are live classes in a classroom or auditorium venue.

F5 are virtual instructor-led training. also known as VILT. This can take place in a webinar environment where there is a live instructor in real time leading the training. There must be a post test with this type of live training.

F5 training is no longer mandated by the NREMT. You can do all your CE with distributive education, F3.

At csutest.com, we want you to be happy with your purchase. We recommend you look at our site before you buy. Our site is educational intellectual property and that is what we sell.

If you have accessed any of the material, we can not offer a refund. If you registered and paid but have not accessed anything we may issue a refund minus a clerical fee between ten and fifteen dollars. It is our hope that when you buy with us, you intend to use our valuable service.

For individual customers, no, we cannot reopen the locked course. We display the number of attempts that are remaining on your last status indicator. Per our accrediting bodies, we cannot allow unreasonable limits in test taking because they feel students may not prepare properly if they can continue to challenge an exam once they fail it once. If you fail an exam, please prepare adequately prior to another attempt. As an individual customer, if you need that specific class, an option is to purchase another account.

As for our group customers that have administrators, we can open an exam by request of the department's recognized administrator, usually a chief or training officer. We can open it when there is assurances the student has prepared adequately. Only then will we open for a final attempt.

The state certification number field will accept any characters, there are no restrictions. When you tab into or enter the form field a red dialog box displays letting you know the field is for the state alpha numeric certification number. This red box was added because many members were simply typing in the name of their state or their state's abbreviation. We need the certification number.

If your browser settings are preventing the registration please try another device or browser, or contact us and we can assist.

The short answer is yes, with our group training award application which is very simple to use. All you need to do is watch a presentation or review an article as a group, select the course in your administration account, identify attendees and click "award credit". The credit goes on the students history for printing an appropriate completion certificate as well as the students transcripts also available to the administrator(s).

It must be borne in mind that this is for fire and fire related CE as by rule, the fire chief approves the CE. There is no such rule for EMS credit and must be earned individually.

Usually this means you entered the information incorrectly. In the case of recovering a forgotten username you likely did not enter the email address used during your registration by either you or your department administrator. In the case of a password reset, an error message means you are entering your username incorrectly. You may have forgotten your username. Try to do a username recovery. If you use copy and paste to enter your information, it is possible to pick up an extra “space” which the system will recognize as a legitimate character. Be sure you are entering the information correctly.

If you have access issues not resolved after using all of the automated tools click on “contact us”, select the appropriate subject item and describe your issue.

To request a password reset, enter your username in the proper field and click on “forgot password”. A new password will be emailed to the email address that was supplied to us for your account by you or your group administrator. Be sure to check your junk/spam folders.

To recover a forgotten username, click on “forgot username” on the log in page. The server will ask for the email address we have for you in our system. The server will send your username to your email address. Be sure to check your junk/spam folders.

When you select a "state of certification" and a username on the registration webform, there is an ending to your username on the right side. What you select, and the text on the right make up your username. A unique ending for your username is necessary to make sure you get the online EMS continuing education categories and courses available for your state. It also provides access to the online firefighter and fire safety inspector continuing education available. You receive a registration confirmation email that has both the username you chase and the appropriate ending to the username. Please check your spam or junk folder. Please see below for an example of our webform.

We take credit cards through Authorize.net. Accepted cards are Visa, Master Card and Discover.

We can also take credit cards over the phone or send an invoice that can be paid by credit card.

We can accept an eCheck transaction but those are subject to a hold of up to 7 business days for the payment to clear. 

Our presentations display and play on all devices and all browsers. There are however, some settings that may affect playback. In general, if you have a playback issue it is related to your individual settings. If you use a different browser you should certainly achieve success. If you are using a device that is connected to a group network, such as at your fire station or EMS base and are having any issues, please see your network's administrator. They may have some restrictions on the content you see.

One issue unique to iPad or iPhone is when the education is a multi page pdf document, the pdf opens in "preview" mode. The device only displays the first page. You need an app that will open pdf documents on your device such as the adobe reader app. The pdfs need to be opened in there when this ocurrs.

The web application we use is optimized for all devices and all browsers. Having said that, sometimes older versions of an operating system or its specific settings may create issues. Be sure to update your operating system and the browser you use if you are having trouble. Older versions of your operating system may stop working appropriately as our software updates. For example, if you are using IOS 13 or safari 13, its time to update as the web application is no longer working to support those assets.

Also, if you are on a shared wifi your device might not be the priority device which may slow down what you are streaming. There may be momentary interruptions in your wifi and since wifi is invisible, you wont know. 

Keeping everything up to date and being aware that your network is working should eliminate any streaming issues. We do not throttle our presentations so even in periods of high use, no one experiences a slowdown.

Yes, you can take an exam up to three times before being locked out until your renewal The message that appears is designed to let you know there are three attempts maximum. If a summative exam attempt resulted in a failure, the educational materials should be reviewed again and appropriate notes taken.

This policy endeavors to insure program integrity and reduce the possibility of multiple exam attempts with less than adequate materials review. The policy is in compliance with our accrediting and approving entities.

Simply "x" off the window that the educational piece(s) were in and scroll down on the course overview page. You will see a link for "take exam". Simply click that link and exam and post course evaluation survey will reveal. See the image map below. 

There is nothing wrong. Many of our courses contain written documents, charts and articles. These documents are mandatory viewing. Each one carries a time frame which is indicated on the course overview screen. You must display the documents one at a time as the active window on your device screen for the amount of time listed. You may indeed read faster than that, but the time parameter meets CAPCE written document standards.

Once you have appropriately accessed and displayed each piece, the exam will be available.

In the webform you used for registration, there is language that explains this course registration is not automated. Your registration is completed by our staff almost always 7 days per week during business hours with very few exceptions. You will receive an email at the email address you used during registration. Please check your spam. If you still can not find your registration details email after 24 hours, please contact us.

Yes, we do. We are listed as such on the TCFP website CE resource page, and we do offer the course and exam. If you purchase a csutest.com online con ed account using Texas as your certification state, the course is included in your $30 fee. The cost is $15.99 and it is a stand-alone course. Once registered, students can access written materials to adequately prepare for the exam. After you complete the course work, you can access our online exam. Once the exam is passed, you will be able to immediately download and or print your completion certificate. To register and pay for the mandatory Texas Firefighter Injury CE course and exam click here.

When you purchase the TX Firefighter Injury course, you can only take it one time. The course is a stand-alone course for $15.99.

You can however, purchase a new account for that stand-alone course. Just click here to create a new account.