RE: my name is larry boughton i'm a papamedon.
BY: Lillian Ackley to MHS:Mike Bouser on Mon Jan 20 1997 11:00 pm
 > my name is larry boughton.  I'm a paramedic in new york state and i have
 > been in the e.m.s. since 1991.  i would like to ask this question.  why
 > do every state in the u.s.a. have different protocals for treating pts
 > for medical and trauma.  there is no difference in the way our bodies
 > function from state to state.
 > 
That may be true but.  Different locations and applications of EMS require
veriations of the ems parameters.  I work for Rural/Metro Medical Services, 
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have several different sets of parameters depending on what we are doing.  In
orange co. fl, It is a large system, and in most cases, the hospital is less
that 10 miles away.  So here, the parameters and medications are very 
limited. 
But in Santa Rosa Co. (Pan handle area) the response area is much larger, so
the carry more medications and the medical director has expanded the scope of
the ems unit there.  Are gulf coast operation does a lot of very long 
istance
transports (5-8hrs), so the they have more of an ICU type parameter.  That
would not be really practical here in Orlando, to carry all those extra meds
because we would never get to that level  of Treatment before arriving at the
hospital.
Andrew
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