Calling all PA EMTs!

As for Masimo - they have already sold many of them within the state... but who can use them?

Jon, I just noticed you quoted their protocols that they can do Pulse Oximetry. That is the "p" in SpCO.

Second - There are SEVERAL optional protocols in the PA Protocols, including:
Pulse Oximetry, Primary Epi-Pens, and CPAP

The RAD 57 can also be purchased with the option to give a methemoglobin (SpMet) reading. It is still Pulse Oximetry.
 
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Yeah my station has the RAD 57 so we can get SpO2 and SpCO readings, we don't have the option for methemoglobin on them though. We also do carry 2 .3 mg Epi Pens and 2 .15 mg epi pens in the jump bags.
 
As for CPAP, I like the fact that it is in our scope of practice but we have to be trained on it, and I haven't ever seen a class for it available.

It was a module in our class. What part of PA are you from?
 
It was a module in our class. What part of PA are you from?

I don't know about his class but my class was before that ne protocol was put into effect. I was in class when the new protocol took over, but at that time there were no "train the trainer" classes yet so that is why it wasn't in my class.
 
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