goose37 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 Anyone who has done mission work, what are the legalities? My SP won't be going ...so can I still suture, cast, do minor procedures, or prescribe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted April 12, 2015 Moderator Share Posted April 12, 2015 you are constrained by the rules of the organization you travel with. if they use pas/nps regularly they likely use them interchangeably with docs. writing rxs per se means they can fill a script at the pharmacy at the facility you work at. in much of the developing world prescriptions are not even required. one can walk into a pharmacy in Haiti for example and ask for albuterol inhalers and they tell you the price, you pay for them, and you walk out with them just like buying gum. every team I have been involved with at the state, federal, and international level did not require pas to be supervised in any way or have an sp of record. that's one reason I do it. In the past I have led medical teams, which include docs, pas, nps, nurses, and medics. it's a team sport. everyone does what they do best and it works out fine. sometimes the best person for a medical procedure or complex pt is a doc, sometimes it isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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