The issue of the 118 algorithm with the intervention protocols that define what the nurse can do with the patient in the ambulances, continues to be a hot topic despite the Region, after the controversies and two reports, having suspended introduction to delve deeper into the topic with all the operators and bodies involved.
Doctors, nurses and unions have spoken out on the issue, often with divergent positions.
Among the operations that would have been part of the protocol (for now suspended), the drug administrationsuch as morphine for example, in the absence of the doctor who would have given the green light by telephone. A proposal born to overcome the shortage of white coats, but which has raised a flurry of positions.
In Asti today the president of the medical association, Claudio Luciamet the president of the order of nursing professions Stefania Limestone to reiterate the collaboration for the safety and well-being of citizens.
“A constructive and cordial conversation, they point out, built in full respect of roles and with the priority of guaranteeing the quality of the service”.