Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part VII - Emergency Medical Services
Subpart A - EMS System
Chapter 1027 - EMS AGENCIES
Subchapter B - EMS AGENCY SERVICES
Section 1027.36 - Basic life support squad service

Universal Citation: 28 PA Code ยง 1027.36

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) Purpose. A BLS squad vehicle transports EMS providers, along with basic EMS equipment and supplies, to rendezvous with an ambulance crew or to respond prior to the arrival of an ambulance, to provide EMS at or below the AEMT level of care. A BLS squad vehicle may not transport patients.

(b) Staffing. The minimum staffing for a BLS squad vehicle crew when responding to a call to provide EMS is an EMS provider at or above the EMT level and an EMSVO, except that only one person is required if the EMSVO is also the EMS provider.

(c) Providing EMS when dispatched with a higher level ambulance crew. If a BLS squad vehicle and a higher level ambulance crew are dispatched to provide EMS for a patient, the following shall apply:

(1) BLS squad vehicle crew members shall begin providing EMS to the patient at their skill levels until higher level EMS is afforded by the arrival of a higher level EMS provider.

(2) Upon the arrival of a higher level ambulance crew, the BLS squad vehicle shall release the patient to be transported by the higher level ambulance crew, consistent with the Statewide EMS protocols, as directed by the EMS provider exercising primary responsibility for the patient.

(d) Application. For purposes of this section, the term "higher level ambulance crew" means the ambulance crew of an intermediate ALS ambulance, ALS ambulance or air ambulance.

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