smw87110

Not only do these regulations vary from state to state, but also from hospital to hospital, and unit to unit within a hospital. At my hospital, being an EMT-I, and with additional skill training and constant refreshing, we can do IV's, blood draws, splinting, suturing, foleys, ng/og, etc. the only thing we don't do is give medications (with the exception of NS, LR, and O2). However if you walk down the hall to an inpatient unit...all you can do is vitals. and if you look at the other hospitals in the area, each one is different as far as your scope goes. The weird thing is that here I can work at a hospital and ER, but wouldn't get a job at a nursing home or skilled nursing unit because I don't have my CNA, which most require. Go figure.