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EMR
EMT
AEMT
Paramedic
Extended
Physician at the Scene
1.
Physicians known to EMS may assist crews.
a.
The physicians may only treat to the extent that the EMS crew may treat in accordance with the
Trumbull Memorial Hospital EMS Protocol.
2.
EMS will not lend any material aid to a physician on the scene not known to them. This includes equipment,
drugs, or any other patient care items.
a.
Politely decline to follow the physician’s command unless instructed otherwise by medical
control.
b.
Politely inform the physician that, if they wish to treat the patient en route to the hospital and the
patient consents, they may transport the patient in their own vehicle with their own equipment.
Physician at the Scene