Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 137 - BIRTHING CENTERS
Subchapter D - OPERATIONAL AND CLINICAL STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION AND COORDINATION OF TREATMENT AND SERVICES
Section 137.41 - Emergency Services
Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 137.41
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
The center shall provide emergency services to clients when a critical situation develops at the center.
(1) A center shall have an emergency call system for use when there is a critical situation. The center shall have available in the center personnel trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to be available whenever there is a client in labor or during acute postpartum period.
(2) A center shall provide emergency equipment and emergency medications as follows:
(A) oxygen;
(B) newborn manual breathing bags;
(C) suction equipment for newborns;
(D) a neutral thermal environment for
resuscitation; and
(E) other
medications and equipment as approved by the clinical director.
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