Firefighters see this as a beneficial step forward for people in distress.
On the contrary, emergency doctors consider that this is an additional degradation of the supply of care.
Soon, firefighters will be able to carry out certain acts and administer treatments which until then were the preserve of the medical world.
Concretely, according to a recent decree which lists these new missions, they will be able, when they are called for an intervention in an individual, to take the temperature, the pulse and the blood pressure.
On prescription from the remote regulator doctor, they can also use aerosols in the event of severe acute asthma, give medication in the event of an allergy or even analgesics to calm the pain.
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