First nurse practitioners, now this state has paramedic practitioners to prescribe S8 drugs
Thirty paramedics have started studying the requisite master's degree.
Paramedics with master’s degrees will diagnose and prescribe treatments for wounds, infections and fractures during ambulance call-outs under a new role designed to cut ED presentations.
The Victorian Government has passed legislation enabling ‘paramedic practitioners’ to prescribe S4 and S8 drugs from a list decided by the Minister for Health.
