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EMS capacity
Currently each state certifies/licences Emergency Medical System responders (EMT, Paramedic, RN). As I understand it there is no national recognition of state licenses. This means an EMT/paramedic from Oregon cannot respond to an incident in Ohio and still perform their level care as licensed in Oregon. This includes administering medicine/drugs. It would seem to me that states (or the feds) need to address this inability ...more »