Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 109 - BOARD OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
Article 3 - STANDARDS FOR AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS, FIRST RESPONDERS, AND DRIVERS
Section 109-3-4 - Emergency medical technician; authorized activities
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 109-3-4
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 39, September 26, 2024
Each emergency medical technician shall be authorized to perform any intervention specified in the following:
(a) K.S.A. 65-6144, and amendments thereto, and as further specified in K.A.R. 109-3-3; and
(b) K.S.A. 65-6121, and amendments thereto, and as further specified in the following paragraphs:
(1) Airway maintenance by means of any of the
following:
(A) Blind insertion of a
supraglottic airway, with the exception of the laryngeal mask airway;
(B) oxygen venturi mask;
(C) gastric decompression by orogastric or
nasogastric tube with any authorized airway device providing that
capability;
(D) auscultating the
quality of breath sounds;
(E) pulse
oximetry;
(F) automatic transport
ventilator;
(G) manually triggered
ventilator;
(H) flow-restricted
oxygen-powered ventilation device;
(I) bag-valve-mask with in-line small-volume
nebulizer;
(J) carbon dioxide
colorimetric detection;
(K)
capnometry; or
(L) suctioning a
stoma; and
(2)
administration of patient-assisted and non-patient-assisted medications
according to the board's "approved medication list," which is adopted by
reference in K.A.R. 109-3-3.
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