Are school districts authorized to employ Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) to provide health care to children with special health needs?
No. The definition of services that may be provided by EMTs allows these individuals to function as EMTs only when they are working as members of ambulance crews where they are provided with supervision by a physician or mid-level practitioner through on-line radio or telephone contact. An EMT may not be hired to provide nursing procedures to children with special health needs. An EMT who has been hired as a health aide, if appropriately trained and supervised, may perform health-related activities as defined in Attachments B and C of the March 1995 memorandum.
