A paramedic may:
- (1) Respond to, assess, and triage nonurgent, urgent, and emergent requests for medical care;
- (2) Apply basic and focused advanced knowledge and skills necessary to determine patient physiologic, psychological, and psychosocial needs;
- (3) Perform interventions with the basic and advanced equipment typically found in an ambulance, including diagnostic equipment approved by an ambulance service medical director;
- (4) Administer medications approved by the board;
- (5) Provide specialized interfacility care during patient transport; and
- (6) Perform other advanced skills approved by the board.
Source: SL 1978, ch 269 , § 17; SL 1987, ch 200 , § 6; SL 2024, ch 153 , § 14.