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Knight Division TacticalWho provides medical direction for EMTs on a wildfire?
Medical Oversight (Physician Medical Direction)
Yes.
KDT provides incident medical oversight: a licensed physician with EMS experience who takes overall responsibility for the medical care EMS personnel provide in the incident's medical unit, from the medical supervision plan and protocol approval to patient care report review and on-line medical control.
Typical configuration
- Physician
- Licensed in the incident's state, with EMS experience
- Scope
- Medical aspects of care by EMS personnel in the medical unit and on the incident
- Duties
- Medical supervision plan, protocol review and approval, ICS 206 input, PCR review/QA, incident visits, on-line medical control
- Contract type
- Nonpersonal health care services (FAR 37.401(b))
- Method of hire
- Daily rate
EMTs, paramedics and nurses on an incident work under a physician's medical direction. When they come from out of state, or from in state without their own state or federal medical director, the incident needs a physician to take that on. KDT supplies that physician as a nonpersonal health care service, at a daily rate.
The Medical Oversight Physician is licensed in the state where the incident is, has EMS experience, and carries overall responsibility for the medical aspects of care provided by EMS personnel in the medical unit and on the incident. The work includes the medical supervision plan required by state EMS rules, review and approval of individual providers' treatment protocols within the state scope of practice, input to the ICS 206 Medical Plan, patient care report (PCR) review and a quality assurance program, incident visits, contemporaneous on-line medical control, subject matter advice to the Medical Unit Leader, and liaison with the local medical community after a critical incident.
Professional medical judgment stays with the physician, and the incident reviews the quality of the service.
Available as
- Medical Oversight Physician for an incident medical unit
- Oversight for EMS personnel without their own state or federal medical director
What's included
- Licensed physician with EMS experience
- Medical supervision plan and protocol approval
- ICS 206 Medical Plan input
- Patient care report review and quality assurance
- On-line medical control and incident visits
Where it's used
- Incident medical units on large wildfires
- Contract EMTs, paramedics and line medics from out of state
- Liaison to local hospitals and EMS after a critical incident
Questions, answered.
Who provides medical direction for EMTs on a wildfire?
Providers work under their own state or federal medical director. Where they don't have one recognized in the incident's state, the incident hires a Medical Oversight Physician to take overall responsibility for their care.
Does KDT provide a medical director for a fire camp medical unit?
Yes. We provide a state-licensed physician with EMS experience for incident medical oversight: supervision plan, protocol approval, ICS 206 input, PCR review and on-line medical control.
Does the medical oversight physician have to be licensed in the incident's state?
Yes. KDT's oversight physician is licensed in the state where the incident is and works under that state's EMS rules.
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