New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 18 - TRANSPORTATION AND HIGHWAYS
Chapter 3 - MOTOR CARRIER GENERAL PROVISIONS
Part 14 - AMBULANCE SERVICES
Section 18.3.14.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. advanced level means emergency medical services above the New Mexico Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) basic level including EMT intermediate, EMT paramedic, and special skills which include enhanced emergency medical services and critical care transport;

B. critical care transport (CCT) means the inter-facility ambulance transportation of patients requiring critical care and medical interventions or equipment ordered by a licensed physician. CCT may be provided only by an ambulance agency that has received special skill approval by the department of health (DOH) emergency medical services (EMS) bureau and EMS medical direction committee for CCT. Critical care includes the use of specialized ventilators, multiple medications being monitored via intravenous (IV) pumps, intra-aortic balloon pumps, and external pacemakers.

C. emergency medical technician basic (EMT basic) means the pre-hospital and inter-facility care and treatment identified in the EMS scope of practice rules issued by the department of health for application by all licensed emergency medical technicians;

D. emergency medical technician intermediate (EMT intermediate) means certain advanced pre-hospital and inter-facility care and treatment identified in the EMS scope of practice rules issued by the department of health for application by licensed EMT intermediates operating pursuant to physician directives;

E. emergency medical technician paramedic (EMT paramedic) means advanced pre-hospital assessment, and inter-facility care and treatment identified in the EMS scope of practice rules issued by the department of health for application by a licensed EMT paramedic operating pursuant to physician directive;

F. emergency means the sudden occurrence or onset of what reasonably appears to be a traumatic or medical condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected by a lay person to result in;

G. EMS means emergency medical services.

H. EMS bureau is the emergency medical systems bureau in the New Mexico department of health.

I. inter-facility transport means the transportation of a person between health care facilities under the directive of a sending and a receiving physician;

J. mutual aid agreement means a written agreement between one municipality, county or emergency medical service and other municipalities, counties or emergency medical services for the purpose of ensuring adequate coverage of emergency medical services in their respective authorized territories;

K. NEMSIS means the national emergency medical services information system, the federal EMS data collection system administered by the United State department of transportation national highway traffic safety administration (NHTSA).

L. NMEMSTARS means the New Mexico EMS tracking and reporting system of pre-hospital data, and includes any subsequent contractor of these services by the department of health's EMS bureau.

M. patient catchment area means an area outside the territory authorized by the operating authority issued by the commission that an ambulance service is permitted to serve in emergencies or pursuant to mutual aid agreements;

N. pre-hospital response time means the period in minutes that measures from the time a dispatch agency has the necessary information to dispatch an ambulance service until the time an EMS crew arrives at the scene of the emergency;

O. special event ambulance means an ambulance staffed with a minimum of two licensed EMT's, working under agreement or contract within its authorized territory or pursuant to a grant of temporary authority in dedicated stand-by status at a special event such as a football game, concert, wildland fire event, rodeo, community festival or movie set..