New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 41 - ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES; MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE PROGRAMS, SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORT SERVICES AND AIR MEDICAL SERVICES
Subchapter 12 - SCOPE OF PRACTICE, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AND HEARINGS
Section 8:41-12.2 - Scope of practice for 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 or nasopharyngeal airway insertion;

5. Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal suctioning;

6. Assessment and management of cardiac, respiratory, diabetic shock, behavioral and heat/cold emergencies, as prescribed within the U.S. Department of Transportation EMT-Basic National Standards Curriculum (EMT-B), 1994 edition, published by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented. Copies may be obtained by writing to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, EMS Division, 400 Seventh Street, SW (NTS 14), Washington, D.C. 20590.

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;

13. Assisting a patient to administer drugs previously prescribed for that patient, limited to:

14. Able to transport patients without ALS with self contained, self maintained medical devices that require no intervention from an EMT-Basic.