844 IAC 5-5-16 - "Rescue" defined

Authority: IC 25-22.5-2-7

Affected: IC 25-22.5

Sec. 16.

As used in this rule, "rescue" means an intervention by a practitioner proficient in airway management and advanced life support. In rescuing a patient, the practitioner must:

(1) correct adverse physiologic consequences of the deeper-than-intended level of sedation, such as:

(A) hypoventilation;

(B) hypoxia; and

(C) hypotension; and

(2) return the patient to the originally intended level of sedation.

Notes

844 IAC 5-5-16

Medical Licensing Board of Indiana; 844 IAC 5-5-16; filed Apr 24, 2008, 1:41 p.m.: 20080521-IR-844070842FRA Readopted filed 12/2/2014, 10:09 a.m.: 20141231-IR-844140391RFA Readopted filed 11/22/2016, 12:11 p.m.: 20161221-IR-844160317RFA Readopted filed 11/22/2022, 12:22 p.m.: 20221221-IR-844220255RFA