Permitted practice--Paramedics

A paramedic may: (1) Respond to, assess, and triage nonurgent, urgent, and emergent requests for medical care; (2) Apply basic and focused advanced knowledge and skills necessary to determine patient physiologic, psychological, and psychosocial needs; (3) Perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found in an ambulance, including diagnostic equipment approved by an ambulance service medical director; (4) Administer medications approved by the board; (5) Provide specialized interfacility care during patient transport; and (6) Perform other advanced skills approved by the board. Source: SL 1978, ch 269 , § 17; SL 1987, ch 200 , § 6; SL 2024, ch 153 , § 14.