Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 12 - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services › Subpart 31 - Emergency Medical Services › Chapter 4 - Medical First Responder › Subchapter 16 - Area and Scope of Practice of the Medical First Responder › Rule 15-12-31-4.16.3 - Description of Tasks

Current through June 25, 2024
1. The Mississippi
					 Medical First Responder answers verbally to telephone or radio emergency calls
					 from dispatcher to provide efficient and immediate care to critically ill and
					 injured persons using a limited amount of equipment. Responds safely to the
					 address or location as directed by radio dispatcher. Visually inspects and
					 assesses or "sizes up" the scene upon arrival to determine if scene is safe, to
					 determine the mechanism of illness or injury, and the total number of patients
					 involved. Directly reports verbally to the responding EMS unit or
					 communications center as to the nature and extent of injuries, the number of
					 patients, and the condition of each patient, and identifies assessment findings
					 which may require communication with medical direction for advice.
2. Assesses patient constantly while awaiting
					 additional EMS resources, administers care as indicated. Requests additional
					 help if necessary. Creates a safe traffic environment in the absence of law
					 enforcement. Renders emergency care to adults, children, and infants based on
					 assessment findings, using a limited amount of equipment. Opens and maintains
					 patient airway, ventilates patient, performs CPR, utilizes automated and
					 semi-automated external defibrillators. Provides pre-hospital emergency care of
					 simple and multiple system trauma such as controlling hemorrhage, bandaging
					 wounds, manually stabilizing painful, swollen, and deformed extremities.
					 Provides emergency medical care to include assisting in childbirth, management
					 of respiratory problems, altered mental status, and environmental emergencies.
3. Searches for medical
					 identification as clues in providing emergency care. Reassures patients and
					 bystanders while working in a confident and efficient manner, avoids
					 misunderstandings and undue haste while working expeditiously to accomplish the
					 task. Extricates patients from entrapment, assesses extent of injury, assists
					 other EMS providers in rendering emergency care and protection to the entrapped
					 patient. Performs emergency moves, assists other EMS providers in the use of
					 prescribed techniques and appliances for safe removal of the patient.
4. Assists other EMS providers in lifting
					 patient onto stretcher, placing patient in ambulance, and ensuring that patient
					 and stretcher are secured. Radios dispatcher for additional help or special
					 rescue and/or utility services. Reports verbally all observations and medical
					 care of the patient to the transporting EMS unit, provides assistance to
					 transporting staff. Performs basic triage where multiple patients need exist.
					 Restocks and replaces used supplies, uses appropriate disinfecting procedures
					 to clean equipment, checks all equipment to insure adequate working condition
					 for next response. Attends continuing education and refresher courses as
					 required.
Miss. Code Ann.
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												41-59-81