Current through Register Vol. 44, No. 2, January 9, 2025
Section 109-3-4 - Emergency medical technician; authorized activities Each emergency medical technician shall be authorized to perform any intervention specified in the following:
(a)K.S.A. 65-6144, and amendments thereto, and as further specified in K.A.R. 109-3-3; and(b)K.S.A. 65-6121, and amendments thereto, and as further specified in the following paragraphs: (1) Airway maintenance by means of any of the following:(A) Blind insertion of a supraglottic airway, with the exception of the laryngeal mask airway;(C) gastric decompression by orogastric or nasogastric tube with any authorized airway device providing that capability;(D) auscultating the quality of breath sounds;(F) automatic transport ventilator;(G) manually triggered ventilator;(H) flow-restricted oxygen-powered ventilation device;(I) bag-valve-mask with in-line small-volume nebulizer;(J) carbon dioxide colorimetric detection;(L) suctioning a stoma; and(2) administration of patient-assisted and non-patient-assisted medications according to the board's "approved medication list," which is adopted by reference in K.A.R. 109-3-3.Kan. Admin. Regs. § 109-3-4
Authorized by K.S.A. 65-6111; implementing K.S.A. 65-6121; effective March 9, 2012; amended May 5, 2017; amended by Kansas Register Volume 39, No. 2; effective 1/24/2020.