Firefighter Medical Directives and Policies
The SWCPM offers a variety of Medical Directive options to best meet the needs of your service and community.
Each Medical Directive package contains the following standard Medical Directives, Policies and Guidelines:
- Intro and Preamble
- Oxygen Therapy Medical Directive
- Carbon Monoxide Medical Directive
- Guidelines for Interaction with a Physician on Scene
- Guidelines for Cardiac Arrest Transfer of Care to Firefighters and/Paramedics
- Determination of Obvious Death
- Guidelines for Prehospital DNR and Expected Death
- Guidelines for Death in the Home When There is NO DNR Confirmation Form
- Firefighter Certification Policy
- Deactivation and Decertification Policy
- Documentation Standards
Services may choose to include any of the following medically delegated acts as part of their delegation and oversight with the SWCPM.
Defibrillation
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- Medical Cardiac Arrest Medical Directive
- Re-Arrest Medical Directive
- Trauma Cardiac Arrest Medical Directive
- Newborn Resuscitation Medical Directive
- Transfer of Care from an AED Equipped Public Lay Responder Therapy Medical Directive
Naloxone (Narcan) Administration
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Epinephrine for Anaphylaxis Administration
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- Anaphylaxis Assist Medical Directive OR
- Anaphylaxis Medical Directive
