23 Miss. Code. R. 201-1.2 - Definitions
A. Basic life support (BLS) services are
defined as non-invasive emergency procedures and services at the level
described in the Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) National Standard Training
Curriculum (NSTC) including, but not limited to:
1. Initiation of basic airway maneuvers and
procedures,
2. Cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR),
3. Automated
and semi-automated defibrillation,
4. Hemorrhage control, including direct
pressure and tourniquet,
5. Spinal
immobilization and extremity stabilization,
6. Assistance with childbirth,
and/or
7. Obtaining vital
signs,
8. Other techniques as
authorized by Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (BEMS).
B. Advanced Life Support (ALS) services are
defined as a sophisticated level of prehospital and interhospital emergency
care including, but not limited to:
1. Cardiac
monitoring,
2. Cardiac
defibrillation,
3. Telemetered
electrocardiography,
4.
Administration of antiarrhythmic agents,
5. Intravenous therapy,
6. Administration of specified medications,
drugs, and solutions,
7. Use of
adjunctive ventilation devices,
8.
Trauma care, and/or
9. Other
techniques and procedures authorized by BEMS.
C. An Appropriate Facility is defined as a
facility or institution generally equipped and able to provide the needed
treatment for the beneficiary's condition including, but not limited to:
1. Trauma Level I BEMS certified
facilities,
2. Trauma Level II BEMS
certified facilities,
3. Trauma
Level III BEMS certified facilities,
4. Trauma Level IV BEMS certified facilities,
and
5. Other facilities as
designated by BEMS and/or the Mississippi Statewide Trauma Plan.
D. Nearest appropriate facility is
defined as one or more facilities closest to the location where the beneficiary
is picked up by the ambulance that is generally equipped and able to provide
the needed treatment for the beneficiary's condition.
E. Beneficiary Loaded Mileage is defined as
the number of miles from the site where the beneficiary was loaded into the
ambulance to the drop-off destination.
F. Medical Necessity for emergency ambulance
transportation, is defined as:
1. The severity
of the beneficiary's emergency medical condition is such that the use of any
other method of transportation is contraindicated, and
2. The beneficiary's emergency medical
condition requires both the emergency ambulance transportation itself and the
level of service provided.
G. Emergency Medical Condition is defined as
a sudden onset of acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain,
such that a prudent layperson with an average knowledge of health and medicine
could reasonably expect the absence of immediate medical attention to result in
the following:
1. Serious jeopardy to the
health of the beneficiary,
2.
Serious impairment to bodily functions, or
3. Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or
part.
H. Medical Control
is defined as directions and advice provided from a centrally designated
medical facility staffed by appropriate personnel, operating under medical
supervision, supplying professional support through radio or telephonic
communication for on-site and in-transit BLS and ALS services given by field
and satellite facility personnel.
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