Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 471 - NEBRASKA MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SERVICES
Chapter 4 - AMBULANCE SERVICES
Section 471-4-002 - DEFINITIONS

Universal Citation: 471 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 4 ยง 002

Current through September 17, 2024

The following definitions apply:

002.01 ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS) SERVICES. An emergency medical service that utilizes personnel that have been trained and licensed as advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technician-intermediates, or paramedics and has equipment available commensurate with that level of training..

002.02 BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS) SERVICES. An emergency medical service that utilizes personnel that have been trained and licensed, as a minimum, as emergency medical technicians and has equipment available commensurate with that level of training.

002.03 EMERGENCY TRANSPORT. Services provided after the sudden onset of a medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in:

(A) Placing the client's health in serious jeopardy;

(B) Serious impairment to bodily functions; or

(C) Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.

002.04 LOADED MILEAGE. Miles traveled while the client is present in the ambulance vehicle.

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