Demonstrate the use of monitoring devices within an EMT’s scope of practice.

Demonstration should include

• pulse oximetry
• cardiac monitoring (12-lead electrocardiogram [ECG] acquisition and transmission)
• noninvasive blood pressure determination
• blood glucose determination.

Process/Skill Questions:

• What pulse oximetry limitations should an EMT know and consider?
• How does the measurement of blood pressure by auscultation differ from measurement by palpation?
• Who should have a blood glucose measurement as part of an assessment?