Post a Comment On: The EMS Nomad

On Saturday, 11/29/14, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published an update to the EMS scope of practice in the PA Bulletin (Found here). I’m no lawyer, but as the document highlights that IN and IM (Autoinjector) Narcan administration is OK immediately, I’m presuming that the entire scope of practice is effective immediately. For reference sake, (2011 here) is the prior Scope of Practice, dated 4/9/11.
I've compared the old and new documents line-by-line and have the results attached as a spreadsheet
Key below. Anything in RED is from the 2011 listing.
Unchanged Scope is same or similar to previously standing protocol Clarification Scope is similar, but has been changed to a minor degree Variation Significant change in scope New New scope of practice either granting or restricting Removed Present in 2011, Absent in 2014

Here's ALL the changes as a Google Doc Spreadsheet - note the 4 tabs on the bottom
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1okvETk991oIDePwWxx4LxjJBWHgwoAd6qP6dMKjArfg/pubhtml