Paramedics
A paramedic, a special type of emergency medical technician (EMT), is the first type of medical care provider a victim will likely see in an emergency situation. Paramedics are trained to deliver immediate, critical care to injured or ill people. They provide patients with crisis intervention treatment, life-saving techniques, and trauma care.
Paramedic Training
Paramedics are the highest trained type of emergency medical technician. These medical providers typically put in thousands of house of training through programs that last for up to two years. Because they must undergo such extensive practice and education before being granted their licenses, paramedics are allowed to perform advanced procedures on ailing individuals.
Paramedics are allowed to execute the following procedures:
- Advanced airway management
- Spinal injury care
- Operation of emergency medical vehicles
- Providing care in emergency childbirth situations
- Burn management
- Distribution of medication in emergency situations
- Wound management
- Injury and condition assessment
Paramedics, being the highest level of EMT, are allowed to perform the most sophisticated pre-hospital medical procedures on patients. Undertrained or incompetent paramedics, however, can pose a serious threat to patients. If they err while administering such advanced care, the patient may see further injury and more serious – potentially life-threatening – complications.
Contact Us
If you have been injured by an EMT, then you may be able to take legal action against the medical institution responsible for hiring an undertrained or negligent worker. Contact the Washington medical malpractice lawyers of Fuller & Fuller today at 800-570-4878 to speak with one of our experienced attorneys about your rights and options.