Danielle DeLoid

EMS professionals routinely provide IV therapy in high-stress, dynamic environments and are extensively trained to do so safely and effectively. In many cases, they perform these skills in moving vehicles and during time-critical emergency responses. Their qualifications are equal to—if not exceeding—those required in controlled clinical settings. This bill addendum is therefore unnecessary and redundant. In emergency care, we do not delay IV initiation until hospital arrival for a nurse to perform the procedure; there is no logical or clinical justification for prohibiting EMS providers from administering IV therapy in lower-stress, controlled environments where risk is inherently reduced.