O.C.G.A. § 31-11-55
Services which may be rendered by certified cardiac technicians and trainees
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Current — August 17, 2021
As of December 1, 2018
(1) Upon certification by the department, cardiac technicians may do any of the following: Render first-aid and resuscitation services;
(1) Upon certification by the department, cardiac technicians may do any of the following: Render first-aid and resuscitation services;
(2) Upon the order of a duly licensed physician and as recommended by the Georgia Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and approved by the department: Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation in a hemodynamically unstable patient;
(2) Upon the order of a duly licensed physician and as recommended by the Georgia Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and approved by the department: Perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation in a hemodynamically unstable patient;
(3) Administer approved intravenous solutions;
(3) Administer approved intravenous solutions;
(4) Administer parenteral injections of antiarrhythmic agents, vagolytic agents, chronotropic agents, alkalizing agents, analgesic agents, and vasopressor agents or administer opioid antagonists; and
(4) Administer parenteral injections of antiarrhythmic agents, vagolytic agents, chronotropic agents, alkalizing agents, analgesic agents, and vasopressor agents or administer opioid antagonists;
(5) Perform pulmonary ventilation by esophageal airway and endotracheal intubation.
(5) Perform pulmonary ventilation by esophageal airway and endotracheal intubation; and
(6) Upon the order of a duly licensed physician during a public health emergency, as defined in Code Section 31-12-1.1, administer vaccines.
(7) While in training preparatory to becoming certified, cardiac technician trainees may perform any of the functions specified in this Code section under the direct supervision of a duly licensed physician or a registered nurse.
Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.