SDCL § 36-4B-16.1: Permitted practice--Emergency medical technician-intermediate/85.

An emergency medical technician-intermediate/85 may:

(1) Respond to, assess, and triage non-urgent, urgent, and emergent requests for medical care;

(2) Apply basic and focused advanced knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care transportation;

(3) Perform interventions with the basic equipment typically found in an ambulance;

(4) Perform intravenous cannulation for shock management; and

(5) Perform other advanced skills approved by the board.