Before revision: Their role is to support a physician in the field, in a role more akin to a hospital nurse, rather than operating with clinical autonomy is very simialr to the role of paramedics in the Anglo-American model with an advanced scope of autonomy and practice and the added element of emergency physician backup, either virtually (Tele-Notarzt) or on scene with a rapid response vehicle / helicopter.
After revision: Their role is is very simialr to the role of paramedics in the Anglo-American model with an advanced scope of autonomy and practice and the added element of emergency physician backup, either virtually (Tele-Notarzt) or on scene with a rapid response vehicle / helicopter.