We use an ambulance attendant (advanced first aid) and a driver for low priority calls; and an EMT and a driver for emergencies.
The state, via loopholes in the codes, says it's okay. If the provider is competent, what's the difference. What works in one place, may not work somewhere else.
Wow, you're as serious as a man in a tub of rattler's. We use a powder that gets mixed with water anyway.. So, it would literally be like giving them a charcoal briquette to chew on.
I'm never amazed by a nursing home call. They put people flat, blowing bubbles, on 4LPM by simple mask, with an aspirator sitting two feet away.. wondering why the guy has a sat of 72%. :ph34r: Gee, I wonder why?