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State Ambulance Guidelines for BLS and ALS Interventions

HI,I have searched everywhere and called to find this out and had no luck.... I was told by an EMT instructor that each state has their own guidelines for what they consider a BLS (Basic Life Support)...

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Re: State Ambulance Guidelines for BLS and ALS Interventions

Call your State Board of Health or go back to your instructor and ask him or her for the documentation that backs up their statement. Any statement made by your instructor, especially in an EMT...

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Re: State Ambulance Guidelines for BLS and ALS Interventions

I agree with Steve. Each State has their own guidelines. Here in Pennsylvania we only have two levels of EMT, EMT-Basic and EMT-Paramedic. Some States have more levels than that, each with their own...

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Re: State Ambulance Guidelines for BLS and ALS Interventions

To come back to this, BLS is Basic Life Support which consists of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR,) Oxygen Therapy, the use of Hare Traction Splints, Kendrick's Extrication Devices (KED's,) Long...

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Re: State Ambulance Guidelines for BLS and ALS Interventions

Since this is a billing and coding forum not a scope of practice forum, I appologize for not seeing the notice that includes EMT-B's with addtional training to administer meds such as albuterol for...

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Re: State Ambulance Guidelines for BLS and ALS Interventions

Hi Steve,Thanks so much for the research and information you provided but I was not asking for EMT information I am coding and billing for Ambulance services for various clients in different states...

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Re: State Ambulance Guidelines for BLS and ALS Interventions

Elissa,The carrier in Pennsylvania has a good ambulance billing guide. The link is here:www.hgsa.com/professional...bg-amb.pdf

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