In St John Ambulance, New Zealand, an intensive care paramedic (the most senior paramedic qualification) needs to be able to perform the following advanced procedures:
- Synchronised and electrical cardioversion
- Laryngoscopy
- Manual defibrillation
- Rapid sequence intubation
- Endotracheal Intubation
- Chest drainage
- Intraosseous, intravenous, intranasal and intramuscular access
- Tourniquet
- Capnography
- Chest decompression
- Pacing
- PEEP Valve
- Adjunct airway placement (able to be performed by First Responders)
- Needle Crichothyroidotomy (also known as a tracheotomy)
- Pharmacology and prescription of drugs (suxamethonium, midazolam, lignocaine, entonox, methoxyflurane, glycerol trinitrate spray, glucagon, ondansetron, loratadine, adrenaline, glucose, morphine, fentanyl, naloxone, amiodarone, ceftriaxone, naloxone, adenosine, ketamine, atropine and vecuronium)
A paramedic will discontinue resuscitation efforts when the physician in the hospital, who is constantly in communication with paramedic via radio, directs the paramedic to. It is the physician who directs the paramedic in what to administer, when to administer it, whether to perform CPR, defibrillation, or to perform other procedures, while the paramedic will report to the physician any progress.
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