Emergency Ambulance Services

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Questions and Answers

What is ATP in the context of ambulance personnel and prescription medicines?

Authority to Practise

Who grants ATP to ambulance personnel for the use of Clinical Procedures and Guidelines (CPGs)?

Ambulance service Medical Director/Clinical Director

What is the requirement for ambulance personnel to supply or administer prescription medicines to patients?

They must have authority to practise (ATP) or be a registered health practitioner with the ability to independently supply or administer prescription medicines described within their scope of practice.

What is the significance of ATP for ambulance personnel?

<p>ATP authorizes individual personnel to use the Clinical Procedures and Guidelines (CPGs) and specifies their practice level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What items of clinical equipment and clinical procedures are restricted to personnel at specified practice levels?

<p>Some items of clinical equipment and the performance of some clinical procedures are restricted to personnel at specified practice levels.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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ATP for Ambulance Personnel

Authority to Practise, granting ambulance personnel permission to use Clinical Procedures and Guidelines (CPGs).

Who grants ATP?

The Ambulance service Medical Director/Clinical Director authorises the ATP for the personnel.

Administering Medications - Requirement

Ambulance personnel need ATP or be a registered health practitioner to independently administer prescription medications within their scope of practice.