State of Tennessee Board of Respiratory Care

“ A registered respiratory therapist may initiate and/or manage intravenous access to a
pediatric patient during transport, so long as the following conditions are met:
a) The patient requires cardio-respiratory care; and
b) The respiratory therapist is specifically ordered (either verbally or in writing) by a
licensed physician to initiate, administer, and/or manage (1) intravenous access on
that cardio-respiratory patient as part of the patient’s continuum of emergency care ”