USE OF ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL IN JAILS

• NCJ Number: 38000
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 4 pages
• Grant Number(s): 75-12-01-03
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: American Medical Assoc
• Sale Source: American Medical Assoc; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ALLIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL (FORMERLY CALLED PARAMEDICS) CAN GREATLY INCREASE THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF PHYSICIANS - THIS PAMPHLET DESCRIBES SOME CATEGORIES OF ALLIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.

Abstract

THE NUMBER OF ALLIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL HAS INCREASED THREEFOLD IN THE PAST TWO DECADES. FORMERLY, THIS GROUP COMPRISED MAINLY NURSES, MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND LABORATORY, DIAGNOSTIC, AND TREATMENT TECHNICIANS (INCLUDING TRIAGE PERSONNEL). PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS ARE A NEWER CATEGORY OF ALLIED MEDICAL PERSONNEL. THEY VARY GREATLY IN MEDICAL SPECIALTY AREA, LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY, AND SPECIFIC TITLE AND INCLUDE NURSE PRACTITIONERS, NURSE MIDWIVES, AND MEDICAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS. THIS LAST GROUP WAS DEVELOPED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF PRISONS TO ASSIST PHYSICIANS BY CONDUCTING SICK CALLS, GIVING EMERGENCY CARE, ACTING AS OPERATING ROOM NURSES, AND GIVING COMPREHENSIVE NURSING CARE IN WARDS. CURRENTLY, 39 STATES HAVE SOME TYPE OF LEGISLATION REGULATING THE USE OF PHYSICIANS' ASSISTANTS.