California local EMT-P scopes of practice July 2010

[mycrofft]

A much as I hate mentioning the phrase "scope of practice" here, I found CalEMSA's official website listing by county what EMT-P's are allowed to do.
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/paramedic/files/EMTSOP3.pdf

Also, the "Paramedic Basic" scopes:
http://www.emsa.ca.gov/paramedic/files/scopechart.pdf

 

[MDA]

Only had a second to glance at it.

Did you happen to find the most liberal counties?

 

[MusicMedic]

Only had a second to glance at it.

Did you happen to find the most liberal counties?

the most Liberal counties look like: Kern County, Toulumne County, And San Fran County

The Most Conservative looks like San Bernardino followed by Orange County and Santa Barabara


LA County seems right in the middle...


i really hope to work for Hall Ambulance(Kern County) once im a Medic

 

[somePerson]

Just dont let Hall know you want to be a firefighter, if that is something that is in your plans. They look down on it, and want lifer medics.

 

[Smash]

I'm confused

Not that there is anything new there, but...does an x mean the device has the drug/skill or does not? I ask because I see a service there that perhaps doesn't include aspirin, but has things like amiodarone and intubation (Imperial)
The idea of not having ASA is a very strange one to me.

I would also suggest that it is not a simple thing to determine scope of practice from this document alone. For example some services may have fewer drugs, but allow medics a wider scope to use them, whereas a different service may stock more drugs but require base contact for everything.