Recent content by CougarEMT

All great info and clarity - much appreciated folks CougarEMT

Hey Folks, Recently qualified and will be starting my first volunteer service with our town (in NJ). They say I will be put on insurance and begin to ride. My question is this. When you are "off duty" do you need or advised to have private insurance to protect you from potential lawsuits? For...

Got it. The confusion for me is that where I am in NJ, EMTs as not permitted to give some of the basic meds that ordinary people with give - such as Tylenol, Benadryl, etc. Just wondering if I act like an "ordinary" (non-EMT) person when I am not officially on duty, if I could be held as acting...

So basically you function as an EMT only when you are on official duty for an agency, or if you respond to an incident as an EMT even though you are "off duty"? Am I correct? CougarEMT

Folks, Just got EMT certified in NJ. I understand that you must act within your scope of practice when on duty, and can act as an EMT off duty with some protection by the Good Samaritan Laws. However, the question that if have is this: If you are EMT qualified by off duty or currently not...