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Citation please? Page two of LA County Health Services's "EMT Scope of Practice" document lists pulse oximetry as part of the basic diagnostic process for EMTs
by tomjakubowski 6y ago
Citation please? Page two of LA County Health Services's "EMT Scope of Practice" document lists pulse oximetry as part of the basic diagnostic process for EMTs. This would seem curious if state regulations forbid that.
http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/206315_802.pdf http://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhs/206315_802.pdf
- oehtXRwMkIs 6y agoThat's LA, here's California: https://emsa.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2017/10/Scope-of-Practice-Documents-Current.12.11.18.pdf https://emsa.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/71/2017/10/Scop... EMTs in California are indeed allowed to use it, I must have learned something that was county specific, not state wide. My apologies.