Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
Procedure for obtaining required
plan approval. The entity responsible for the management and
administration of a special event may submit a special event EMS plan to the
Department, through the regional EMS council assigned responsibility for the
region in which the special event is to occur, to secure a determination from
the Department as to whether the plan is adequate to address the EMS needs
presented by a special event or a series of special events conducted at the
same location.
(1) The applicant shall submit
its plan at least 90 days prior to the date of the first day of the
event.
(2) The Department will
approve or disapprove a special event EMS plan within 60 days after a complete
plan is filed with the regional EMS council.
(3) The Department's approval of a special
event EMS plan will be for the special event or series of special events in a
calendar year, as identified in the plan. The entity shall submit a new special
event EMS plan to secure Department approval of a plan for a special event or
series of special events in a subsequent calendar year.
(b)
Plan content. The
special event EMS plan must contain the following information:
(1) The type and nature of event, location,
length and anticipated attendance.
(2) Identification of sponsoring
organization.
(3) The name and
qualifications of the special event EMS medical director and the special event
EMS director.
(4) A listing of all
EMS agencies that will be involved, the type of EMS service each EMS agency
will provide and the number and level of certification of EMS providers each
EMS agency will provide, as well as the number and type of health care
practitioners who are not participating on behalf of an EMS agency, including
EMS providers who are not participating on behalf of an EMS agency, who will be
involved.
(5) The type and quantity
of EMS vehicles and other vehicles, equipment and supplies to be utilized by
each EMS agency that will be involved.
(6) A written agreement with each EMS agency
that has agreed to participate, in which the EMS agency identifies the type of
EMS service, the number of EMS providers by certification level, the vehicles,
the equipment and supplies it will provide.
(7) A description of the onsite treatment
facilities including maps of the special event site.
(8) A description of the special event
emergency medical communications capabilities.
(9) A risk assessment for the event, and a
plan for responding to a possible disaster or mass casualty incident at the
event site, including a plan for emergency evacuation of the event
site.
(10) A plan for educating
event attendees regarding EMS system access and specific hazards, such as
severe weather.
(11) Measures that
have and will be taken to coordinate EMS for the special event or events with
local emergency care services and public safety agencies-such as EMS, police,
fire, rescue, and hospital agencies or organizations.
(c)
Plan approval. To secure
Department approval of a special event EMS plan, the applicant shall satisfy
the requirements in this chapter.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
1033.2 (relating to
administration, management and medical direction
requirements).
