Blog One : Emergency Medical Responder

Emergency Medical Responder

This is the Scope of Practice for Alberta Canada only. Please look for your specific location to find your scope. EMR Scope of Practice An Emergency Medical Responder may, under medical control and with an ongoing medical audit, provide the following health services: (a) conduct primary and secondary surveys, including scene assessments (b) use basic methods of managing medical, traumatic and obstetrical emergencies (c) use airway management techniques, including oropharyngeal airways, oral suction devices and oxygen-supplemented mask devices to assist ventilation (d) administer oxygen using basic delivery devices including masks and nasal canula (e) basic bandaging (f) cardiopulmonary resuscitation (g) patient extrication (h) use basic splinting techniques, including spinal immobilization with long spine boards and cervical collars (i) automated and semi-automated defibrillation ( taken from Section 9 of the Health Disciplines Act of Alberta Canada.)