RE: Intubation Requirements

[Mauseth Patrice <Patrice.Mauseth@HCAHealthcare.com>]

It would be nice to have the IV skills etc that a paramedic would provide.
The state of California has regulations in Title 22 and CCS regulations that
do not recognize a paramedic as a neonatal team member.  There are no
regulations that mandate pediatric transports.

Patti Mauseth, RN
Perinatal Transport/Outreach Coordinator
Good Samaritan Hospital
408 559-2153


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Julielbacon@aol.com [SMTP:Julielbacon@aol.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, December 10, 2002 8:01 AM
> To:	flightmed@flightweb.com
> Subject:	Re: Intubation Requirements
> 
> It seems to be a curiosity that most of the pediatric/neonatal teams I
> have managed or am aware of use the RN/RN or RN/RT configuration.  I have
> always been told that this is because the RT or RN is able to intubate in
> their home facility to keep up their skills in a concentrated population.
> Don't get me wrong - I have appreciated and admired my RT partners, but it
> always seemed like we could use Paramedics, and then have the additional
> skills of IV placement, etc.  I think we then run into the hospital
> politics of what do you do on the downtime, since the hospital environment
> has never seemed particularly bent on accepting PM for clinical care.
> 
> Julie Bacon, RN
> Child-Flight

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