New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 41 - ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES; MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE PROGRAMS, SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORT SERVICES AND AIR MEDICAL SERVICES
Subchapter 11 - SPECIFIC AIR MEDICAL SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
Section 8:41-11.13 - Patients triaged to MICUs or BLS ambulances
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Patients with whom a crewmember makes physical or verbal contact shall be evaluated to determine the nature of their illness and/or injury. This exam shall be detailed enough to provide:
(b) There shall be a patient care report completed for every patient with whom a crewmember makes physical or verbal contact. This patient care report shall contain the same information that an ALS completed call would contain, including any BLS treatment rendered by the ALS crewmembers or other responders.
(c) The policies and procedures for release of a patient to BLS by an ALS crewmember shall be determined by the program's medical director.
(d) In the event that the medical command physician orders the patient released to a BLS ambulance crewmembers or a transport-approved MICU, the ALS crewmembers shall so indicate on the patient care report, and the physician shall affix his or her signature to that patient care report.
(e) In order to ensure compliance with this chapter and to achieve quality assurance goals, the medical director shall review 100 percent of the calls triaged to a MICU or BLS provider where the patient was subsequently admitted to a critical care unit.
