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MEDICAL UNIT PERSONNEL - Functions and Capabilities

	MEDL	IMS	EMT
JOB DUTY	Incident medical administrator	Incident medical provider	Emergency medical provider
GOOD FOR	Good to provide administrative oversight of medical unit	Good for comprehensive incident medical support including emergency medical	Good for emergency medical support only
ABLE TO	Administer a Medical Unit. May have some skills for emergency and non-emergency medical.	Treat emergency and non-emergency injuries/illness. Able to do some diagnosis. Able to make determination as to whether to transport.	Treat emergency injuries and illness. Must treat AND TRANSPORT to a medical facility. Can not diagnose. Can not dispense medications (no training and illegal).
EMT STATUS	EMT currency requirement	Current EMT	Current EMT
TRAINING	Had, at some time, EMT training (currently 110 hours) for emergency medical. No training in non-emergency medical. No continuing training requirements to maintain medical skills.	Has yearly IMS training (32 hours ) for entire range of incident medical needs. EMT skills are kept current thru on-going training (approximately 36 hours a year).	Has training for emergency medical. Must participate in continuing education to meet EMT recertification requirements biannually (approximately 36 hours a year).
TIME TO ARRIVE	May take longer to arrive on scene if not local	May take longer to arrive on scene if not local	May be able to be on scene sooner if local
FAMILIARITY WITH FIRE/ICS	Familiar with fire/ICS	Familiar with fire/ICS	May not be familiar with fire/ICS
RED CARD STATUS	Red carded	Red carded	May not be red carded. If not red carded should not be used on the line, even for an emergency.
FAMILIARITY WITH INCIDENT MEDIVACS	Familiar with incident medivac procedures	Familiar with incident medivac procedures	May not be familiar with incident medivac procedures
FAMILIARITY WITH INCIDENT MEDICAL EQUIPMENT	Familiar with incident medical equipment	Familiar with incident medical equipment	Probably not familiar with some of the incident medical equipment - INCLUDING TRAUMA EQUIPMENT!
MEDICATIONS	May have OJT in medications, but learned from whom? What was that person's training?	Has training in medication dispensation for the specific medications that are in the kit and is under the control of a Medical Director	No training for medications used in the kit and illegal to dispense medications