It is the firefighters’ turn to be authorized to administer the vaccine against Covid-19, in order to speed up the vaccination campaign in France. What are the conditions ?
The health emergency
In a decree published in Official newspaper on Friday March 12, the government indicates that it is allowing firefighters to inject serum against Covid-19. Firefighters, marine firefighters as well as rescuers can inject vaccines. Indeed, the objective is to ” facilitate the deployment of the covid-19 vaccination campaign ”, In view of the health emergency. However, people with a history of an anaphylactic reaction (exacerbated allergic reaction) will not be able to be vaccinated by the firefighters. The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, welcomes the news from his Twitter account: they are ” New forces in the battle against the epidemic “.
As a reminder, it is also possible for pharmacists, midwives and nurses to vaccinate against Covid-19.
Under certain conditions
The decree specifies two conditions required for a firefighter to be able to vaccinate a patient. On the one hand, he must first have followed ” specific training to carry out this act », Given by a health professional trained in the administration of vaccines. On the other hand, the medical act must be done ” under the responsibility of a doctor who can intervene at any time “. The firefighters concerned are professionals and volunteers who have received crew training in the field of emergency assistance to people, the Paris firefighters, the Marseille firefighters and the rescuers of military training. civil security.
