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First Responder

Providers who are Maine EMS licensed First Responders operate in the prehospital environment to perform basic lifesaving interventions under limited supervision usually before the ambulance arrives. Licensed First Responders may perform the following skills in Maine when a member of an authorized Maine EMS service:

• Oxygen administration
• Use of basic airway devices
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
• Use of an automated external defibrillator (AED)
• Assist in uncomplicated childbirth
• Spinal immobilization (long boards only)
• Application of simple extremity splints
• Simple, emergency patient moves
• Vital signs assessment
• Control bleeding