New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 40A - EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS-BASICS: TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION
Subchapter 10 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND HEARINGS
Section 8:40A-10.1 - Scope of practice

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:40A-10.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) EMT-Basics shall operate within their approved scope of practice.

(b) The following skills and procedures are within the approved scope of practice for an EMT-Basic:

1. Patient assessment, including vital signs and ongoing evaluation;

2. Pulmonary or cardiopulmonary resuscitation and foreign body airway obstruction management;

3. Oxygen administration;

4. Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airway insertion;

5. Oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal and tracheal suctioning;

6. Assessment and management of cardiac, respiratory, diabetic shock, behavioral and heat/cold emergencies, as prescribed within the National Standard Curriculum for EMT-Basics;

7. Emergency treatment for bleeding, burns, poisoning, seizures, soft tissue injuries, chest-abdominal-pelvic injuries, muscle and bone injuries, eye injuries and childbirth (including care of the newborn), as prescribed within the National Standard Curriculum for EMTs-Basic;

8. Application of spinal immobilization devices and splinting materials, including traction splints;

9. Basic triage and basic maneuvers to gain access to the patient;

10. Patient lifting and moving techniques;

11. AED utilization;

12. Assisting an EMT-Paramedic, registered nurse or physician; and

13. Assisting a patient to administer drugs previously prescribed for that patient, limited to:
i. Prescribed metered dose inhaler;

ii. Sublingual nitroglycerin;

iii. Epinephrine auto injector.

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