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One of the key issues here is that none of these hydration/hangover clinics have an EMS license. This thread has gotten a bit long and I think that fact got lost in all thread. Yes, ambulance companies can do all sorts of things with their medics. But, they have an EMS license. These other...

And also, in the rural area, the patient has to have been physically seen by a prescribing provider (doctor or PA-C) before anything can happen. The MA can only do things remotely in a rural area for followup visits.

Please read the regulation again. It is odd, but it is there in black and white. A medical assistant can be supervised remotely if they are in a "rural area". It specifically states that Las Vegas is not a rural area. Yes, it is BS that people in rural areas get a different level of...

I am peripherally involved with EMS in Nevada and have an interest in a concierge medical company here in town. I was hoping to get more information from people on this forum, but nobody really had any good information. I have spent the last month getting the information together. Yes, if a...

If a EMT/paramedic is working outside of a licensed EMS unit, they are a medical assistant. Per Nevada law, a MA can do quite few things if the physician is physically present in the building directly supervising them. This is how medics, etc can place IVs in the ER. An IV catheter is a...

That is a good point you bring up. Per the Nevada Medical Board, a "medical Assistant" can do just about whatever the physician trains them to do, so long as the physician is in the building. I can find the Nevada Statute regarding that, but the doc has to be in the building. The problem is...

I talked to the folks at the Southern Nevada Health Division, which oversees EMS operations here in Southern Nevada. They told me that EMTs and Paramedics are only licensed to touch patients when they are "clocked in" at a licensed EMS unit, such as AMR, Medicwest, or one of the County Fire...

That is what some people have said, but the term "Medical Director" only applies to EMS units under the SNHD regulations. A medical clinic is not an EMS unit, so there is no "Medical Director" like there is for an EMS unit. The whole thing is a bit confusing, but even in hospitals, I have...

I have seen some hangover clinics here in Las Vegas that are using paramedics to give IV treatments for hangovers. My understanding is that medics can only give IV meds when working for an EMS unit. Does anybody else know the rules on this?