65-6144. Emergency medical responder; authorized activities.
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65-6144. Emergency medical responder; authorized activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, after successfully completing an approved course of instruction, local specialized device training and competency validation and when authorized by medical protocols or upon the order of a qualified healthcare provider, an emergency medical responder may perform any of the following interventions, by use of the devices, medications and equipment, or any combination thereof:
(a)Patient assessment and stabilization;
(b)cardiac arrest management through the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator;
(c)airway management and oxygen therapy;
(d)utilization of equipment for the purposes of acquiring and transmitting EKG rhythm strips;
(e)control of bleeding;
(f)extremity splinting;
(g)spinal immobilization;
(h)administration of medications, as approved by the board by appropriate routes;
(i)recognize and comply with advanced directives;
(j)use of blood glucose monitoring;
(k)assistance with childbirth;
(l)non-invasive monitoring of hemoglobin derivatives;
(m)distribution of non prescription, over-the-counter medications as approved by the service medical director, except that an emergency medical responder shall not distribute any compound, mixture or preparation that contains any detectable quantity of:
(1)Ephedrine, its salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers and is exempt from being reported to the statewide electronic logging system for the sale of methamphetamine precursors; or
(2)pseudoephedrine, its salts or optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers and is exempt from being reported to the statewide electronic logging system for the sale of methamphetamine precursors; and
(n)other techniques and devices of preliminary care an emergency medical responder is trained to provide as approved by the board.