Scope of Practice Alignment of Emergency Medical Services Personnel


Description:

EMS personnel exceeded the recommended scope most often when treating patients requiring advanced airway skills, such as supraglottic airway and gastric decompression procedures. In analyses controlling for various agency characteristics, EMS professionals were less likely to align with the 2019 National EMS Scope of Practice Model in agencies that served isolated small rural areas, had unpaid or mixed paid/unpaid staffing models, or provided service at the EMT or AEMT level. Compared with urban, paid agencies, these types of agencies tend to have lower financial resources and few or no paramedics.

Lead Researcher: Davis G. Patterson, PhD
Contact Info: davisp@uw.edu

 

Funder:

HRSA: HWRC Allied Health

 

Status:

Complete

 

Publications/Presentations

Authors Title Type Date Documents/Media
Patterson DG, Stubbs BA, Nudell NG How Actual Practice of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Aligns with the Recommended National Scope of Practice in Rural Versus Urban Areas of the U.S. PUBLICATION 02-17-2022
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