Clinical Operating Guidelines

This document is designed to serve as a guide for transporting and non-transporting Fire/EMS agencies
operating within Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes. This document
incorporates evidence-based guidelines and proven medical practices for providing cutting-edge prehospital
patient care. While it is impossible to address every possible variation of disease and/or traumatic injury, these
clinical operating guidelines provide a foundation for treatment of the vast majority of patients we encounter.
Certainly, education, experience, and clinical judgment will assist us while we provide the highest quality of
prehospital patient care. As always, on-line medical control is available for those patients with a chief complaint
or condition that does not fall within the scope of this document. Although practices continue to evolve in years
to come, the patient’s outcome will always be the main focus.