level of registration

[nsmedic393]

What is your current level of registration and what do you like about working at that level? What are the highlights of your scope of practice?

[Dustdevil]

You forgot "LP" or Licensed Paramedic. It is one step above EMT-P in Texas.

[AZCEP]

In AZ, the actual title is Certified Emergency Paramedic (CEP) and the job description follows the National Standard Curriculum pretty closely. We are allowed to perform advanced airways up to surgical cricothyrotomy. Vascular access includes the sternal I.O. and central lines (IJ,SC, Femoral). We carry 35 different meds, but lack a beta blocker. Our scope of practice is limited by the medical control physicians, which are usually one of the staff doctors in a receiving facility.

In AZ there are really two different areas. Metro Phoenix/Tuscon, and everything else. The frustrating part is that the powers that drive where EMS is going in the state are mostly from Phoenix/Tuscon areas. Huge difference in what you need to have at your disposal when you are 40 minutes from a facility versus 5-10 minutes.

We also have 4 different area councils that help to push for things that will be helpful for everyone in the different regions of the state. Helpful in providing grant funds, finding educational offerings, putting on CE classes, reimbursement for upgrading certification levels.

Just so you folks from the East Coast realize, there is more to AZ than sanddunes and cactus

[Ridryder 911]

You also forgot Critical Care Paramedic and or RN, etc... as you see the list is lengthy.

Be safe,

Ridryder 911

[PRPGfirerescuetech]

...plus PHRN (pre hospital registered nurse), and PHPA (pre-hospital physician assistant)...

[ERDoc]

Hey!! What about MD????

[Ridryder 911]

LOL.. I was going to add that too.... & D.O. and M.S., PhD..ARNP...CNS...?

Be safe,

Ridryder 911

[ERDoc]

We can add B.S. also (no, not bulls***).

[Richard B the EMT]

...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree!

[Richard B the EMT]

...and a Partridge in a Pear Tree!