In the hospital, anyone can initiate a Rapid Response including a family member.
CNAs in many places are taught to call if no Licensed staff member is in sight.
The hospitals around here use techs exclusively for making ortho-plast splints and braces. When I asked an MD adviser why that was he stated that EMTs had a better grasp at splinting than his RNs did, hence he had the techs do it.
An EMT can work ortho if they can be cross trained as an ortho tech. If the facility is not large enough to support this, they must be a CNA also. Usually it is the CNAs who are chosen to be cross trained since they are already working the ortho unit and are already assisting the Doctors.
