Title: Demonstrate the use of monitoring devices within an EMT’s scope of practice.
Course: Emergency Medical Technician I (14055-I) > Section: Assessing the Patient

Demonstration should include

- pulse oximetry
- capnography/end-tidal CO_2
- acquisition of a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG)
- 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?