Christopher
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That's a huge problem outside the sports med community. EMS doesn't know what an ATC is able to do, and doesn't recognize them as anything higher than a lay person.
The trick to working with any provider (or providers) you've never met on a call you're dispatched to, is to begin incorporating your team into their team to ensure continuity of patient care. Usually it becomes immediately obvious where everyone should fit in the newly formed team.
If we're called to haul, I expect some sort of handoff (ISBAR is a good start).
If we're called to assist then haul, I expect some understanding of where our protocols start and end w.r.t. patient care. This is usually where we get hung up with "outside" providers.