Paramedics and scope of practice

Highly-trained paramedics can initiate the pathway of care that will achieve optimal outcomes for patients\ud\udThe question, posed to me by the Journal’s editorial staff, “Are paramedics exceeding the evidence?”, is a very global one that implies a dichotomous response. However, nothing in our complex health system can be so simply evaluated, so the question gets an equally global (if vague and unhelpful) answer: “Yes, probably, but no more or less than the rest of health care”..