Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 16 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Chapter 85 - MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Subchapter 7 - CERTIFYING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE PERSONNEL
Section 16-85-53.5 - Definitions

Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 16-85-53.5
Current through August, 2024

As used in this subchapter:

"Advanced life support" shall be defined as provided in chapter 321, HRS, and its subsequent amendments which are incorporated into and made a part of this subchapter.

"Basic life support" shall be as provided in chapter 321, HRS, and its subsequent amendments which are incorporated into and made a part of this subchapter.

"Designated MEDICOM base station hospital" means a state department of health designated acute care hospital emergency department from which authorized physicians provide medical direction and assistance to emergency medical personnel in the delivery of prehospital emergency medical services.

"Emergency medical technician-basic" or "EMT-Basic," or "EMT-B" means an individual certified by the board to perform basic life support services to a patient at the site of an emergency and in transit to, or between, a medical facility or facilities.

"Emergency medical technician-paramedic" or "EMT-Paramedic," or "EMT-P" or "paramedic" means an individual certified by the board to perform basic and advanced life support services to a patient at the site of an emergency and in transit to, or between, a medical facility or facilities.

"MEDICOM" means the state department of health two-way radio communications system between dispatch centers, ambulances, and medical facilities.

"Mobile intensive care technician" or "MICT" means an individual certified by the board as an EMT-Paramedic.

The amended version of this section by Hawaii Administrative Rules Listing of Filings, 2015-01, June, eff.6/22/2015 is not yet available.

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