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 levels 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 whose needs require the continuation of 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. Examples of critical care include specialized ventilators, multiple medications being monitored via intravenous (IV) pumps, intra-aortic balloon pumps, external pacemakers and other medications and procedures as determined by the department of health EMS bureau and the EMS medical direction committee.

C. emergency medical technician basic (EMT basic) means the pre-hospital and inter-facility care and treatment prescribed in the EMS scope of practice found in 7.27.11 NMAC, Supplemental Licensing Provisions, that can be performed by all licensed emergency medical technicians;

D. emergency medical technician intermediate (EMT intermediate) means certain advanced pre-hospital and inter-facility care and treatment prescribed in the EMS scope of practice found in 7.27.11 NMAC, Supplemental Licensing Provisions, that may be performed only by a person licensed by the EMS bureau as an EMT intermediate and only under medical direction;

E. emergency medical services paramedic (EMT paramedic) means advanced pre-hospital assessment, and inter-facility care and treatment prescribed in the EMS scope of practice found in 7.27.11 NMAC, Supplemental Licensing Provisions, that may be performed only by a person licensed by the EMS bureau as an EMT paramedic and only under medical direction;

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 transfer means the transportation of a person between health care facilities with the concurrence of a sending and a receiving physician;

J. mutual aid 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 that adequate emergency medical services exist throughout the state;

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. 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;

M. 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;

N. special event ambulance means an ambulance staffed with a minimum of two (2) licensed EMT's, working under agreement or contract, in dedicated stand-by status at a special event such as a football game, concert, wildland fire event, rodeo, movie set, or other event that will, under their public regulation commission ((PRC) granted emergency transport authority for the territory/catchment area, transport event participants, attendees, or workers.