Term Definition. National Air Desk or Air Desk A coordination and tasking function which provides oversight, dispatch and clinical support functions to the air ambulance service. National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) NASO is the joint Ministry of Health and ACC office that provides the strategic overview, monitoring and contracting of the Emergency Ambulance Service. National Clinical Leadership Group Chaired by Ambulance New Zealand, with representatives from the ambulance sector (including air ambulance), government, and DHB's. Provides clinical leadership within New Zealand pre-hospital care. Produces NZ's approved Clinical Procedures and Guidelines. Near miss event A near miss event is an event which under different circumstances could have caused harm to a Service User or member of the public but did not, and which is indistinguishable from an adverse event in all but outcome. In the context of an adverse event or near miss, an incident is any event that could have or did cause harm to a consumer. New Zealand Standard Ambulance and Paramedical Services (NZS8156) The standard for the operation of Emergency Ambulance Service developed and promulgated by Standards New Zealand. NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (incubator transfer). Operational Concern Any situation where the Provider is likely to be unable to meet its obligations under this Agreement in the performance of a Service, including but not limited to staffing, clinical, operational and technical considerations. Operations Manual The Operations Manual refers to the Provider’s exposition Party / Parties ‘Party’ refers to either the Provider or the Purchasers. ‘Parties’ refers to the Provider and the Purchasers. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchasers constitute one Party to the Agreement and any reference to a Party means a reference to the Provider or to the Ministry of Health and ACC together as the Purchasers. PDR Preliminary Design Review. Performance Indicators Specific performance measures collected and reported regularly to enable monitoring of service performance. Place of definitive care For the purposes of Emergency Ambulance Service, a place of definitive care is a receiving treatment facility which provides services and definitive care delivered by the most suitably qualified and experienced staff able to deal effectively with the patient’s presenting condition. The place of definitive care may be determined by clinical personnel in conjunction with the receiving treatment facility, and will always be dependent on the patient’s condition and need for urgent care or stabilisation. It may be deemed appropriate to transport the patient to a specialist facility, where services available better meet the needs of the patient, rather than the nearest facility.
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Term Definition. National Air Desk or Air Desk A coordination and tasking function which provides oversight, dispatch and clinical support functions to the air ambulance service. National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) NASO is the joint Ministry of Health and ACC office that provides the strategic overview, monitoring and contracting of the Emergency Ambulance Service. National Clinical Leadership Group Chaired by Ambulance New Zealand, with representatives from the ambulance sector (including air ambulance), government, and DHB's. Provides clinical leadership within New Zealand pre-hospital care. Produces NZ's approved Clinical Procedures and Guidelines. Near miss event A near miss event is an event which under different circumstances could have caused harm to a Service User or member of the public but did not, and which is indistinguishable from an adverse event in all but outcome. In the context of an adverse event or near miss, an incident is any event that could have or did cause harm to a consumer. New Zealand Standard Ambulance and Paramedical Services (NZS8156) The standard for the operation of Emergency Ambulance Service developed and promulgated by Standards New Zealand. NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (incubator transfer). Operational Concern Any situation where the Provider is likely to be unable to meet its obligations under this Agreement in the performance of a Service, including but not limited to staffing, clinical, operational and technical considerations. Operations Manual The Operations Manual refers to the Provider’s exposition Party / Parties ‘Party’ refers to either the Provider or the Purchasers. ‘Parties’ refers to the Provider and the Purchasers. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchasers constitute one Party to the Agreement and any reference to a Party means a reference to the Provider or to the Ministry of Health and ACC together as the Purchasers. PDR Preliminary Design Review. Performance Indicators Specific performance measures collected and reported regularly to enable monitoring of service performance. Place of definitive care For the purposes of Emergency Ambulance Service, a place of definitive care is a receiving treatment facility which provides services and definitive care delivered by the most suitably qualified and experienced staff able to deal effectively with the patient’s presenting condition. The place of definitive care may be determined by clinical personnel in conjunction with the receiving treatment facility, and will always be dependent on the patient’s condition and need for urgent care or stabilisation. It may be deemed appropriate to transport the patient to a specialist facility, where services available better meet the needs of the patient, rather than the nearest facility. Paramedic Practice levels An authority to practise is granted to ambulance personnel by the Provider’s Medical Director at one of the following practice levels, in order from highest qualified. Intensive Care Paramedic. Paramedic. Emergency Medical Technician. First Responder / Emergency Medical Assistant. Each practice level has a delegated scope of practice that defines the medicines and procedures that paramedics may administer or perform. Pre-Insolvency Event A Pre-Insolvency Event is either: a) the Provider entering into; or resolving to enter into; a scheme of arrangement or composition for the benefit of creditors or any class of creditors b) the Provider suspending or stopping payment to its creditors generally or ceasing to carry on business as normal; or threatening or stating that it will do any of those things. Pre-hospital / Primary Retrieval (PHE) Responding to a medical or traumatic event in the community where little or no medical care has been provided and transporting to a place of definitive care. Privately Funded A commercial activity undertaken by the Provider in which they enter into an agreement with individuals or organisations for the provision of non-Emergency Ambulance Service. The Provider The Party whose reference name is ‘the Provider’ in this Agreement and, where the context requires, includes its employees, agents and permitted contractors, subcontractors and its successors and permitted assigns. The Purchasers The Accident Compensation Corporation continued under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 and, where the context requires, including its employees, agents, consultants and contractors, and its successors and assigns, acting together with Her Majesty the Queen in Right of New Zealand acting by and through the Ministry of Health including, where the context requires, its permitted consultants, subcontractors, agents, employees and assignees. Records Records relate to Service User information and includes electronic and paper form. Registered Nurse As described under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Xxx 0000. Retrieval The organised transfer of a Service User (patient) from one facility to a facility that is able to provide a higher level of care. Search and Rescue (SAR) Search and rescue is: a) any search for a lost person; or b) any rescue operation for a person who is considered to be sick or injured in a remote xxxx, mountain or close to shore setting where there is or may be difficulty in locating the person; or c) any search or rescue operation where distance or location can be affected by weather conditions (eg alpine terrain); and d) includes any operation mounted solely for the purpose of recovering bodies from a remote location. Service Coverage Schedule The Service Coverage Schedule (SCS) defines the agreed level of service coverage that the Ministry of Health and DHBs are held accountable to. It is one of the schedules to the Crown Funding Agreement. It is updated annually. Ministry website xxxxx://xxxx.xxxxxx.xxxx.xx/accountability/service-coverage-schedule Service Level Agreement A contractual agreement between the National Air Desk and the Providers, which outlines the operational aspects of their relationship. Service Specification An individual Service Specification contained in Part 2 of this Agreement. Services, and the Services The services (or some or all of them, as the context may require) that are to be provided by the Provider in accordance with the Service Specifications. Service User Any person who uses a Service described in this Agreement. Note the term ‘Service User’ includes: a) patient b) Client, which is any person who has been accepted by ACC as eligible for cover in respect of personal injury under the Accident Compensation Xxx 0000. Severity Assessment Code (SAC) The severity assessment code (SAC) is a numerical rating which defines the severity of an adverse event and as a consequence the required level of reporting and investigation be undertaken for the event. Skids on Skids off (SOSO) Has the same meaning as Flight Time, and for a helicopter it is the time calculated from the moment the aircraft leaves the ground until it touches down. STC Supplemental Type Certificate. TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System. Technical Specification The technical specifications for helicopters in Part 2 of this Agreement. Term The period described in a Service Schedule during which the Service(s) described in that Service Schedule are to be provided. Trauma Emergency See Schedule 8: Terms and Conditions Specific to ACC Related Services for the definition of a Trauma Emergency. Triage A system of prioritising requests for medical or ambulance assistance or attendance according to the severity of the illness or injury. TSO Technical Standards Order – US FAA. Urgent Treatment Where treatment is required for a life threatening or potentially life threatening dispatch, or when a non-emergency dispatch is found to be of higher acuity on assessment, and the Service User needs transport to treatment to address a life threatening or potentially life threatening condition. VOR VHF Omni Directional Radio Range. VOX Voice activated or voice switched. Working Day A calendar day other than any Saturday or Sunday, any public holiday or any day falling within the period 24 December to 5 January inclusive.
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Term Definition. National Air Desk or Air Desk A coordination and tasking function which provides oversight, dispatch and clinical support functions to the air ambulance service. National Ambulance Sector Office (NASO) NASO is the joint Ministry of Health and ACC office that provides the strategic overview, monitoring and contracting of the Emergency Ambulance Service. National Clinical Leadership Group Chaired by Ambulance New Zealand, with representatives from the ambulance sector (including air ambulance), government, and DHB's. Provides clinical leadership within New Zealand pre-hospital care. Produces NZ's approved Clinical Procedures and Guidelines. Near miss event A near miss event is an event which under different circumstances could have caused harm to a Service User or member of the public but did not, and which is indistinguishable from an adverse event in all but outcome. In the context of an adverse event or near miss, an incident is any event that could have or did cause harm to a consumer. New Zealand Standard Ambulance and Paramedical Services (NZS8156) The standard for the operation of Emergency Ambulance Service developed and promulgated by Standards New Zealand. NICU Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (incubator transfer). Operational Concern Any situation where the Provider is likely to be unable to meet its obligations under this Agreement in the performance of a Service, including but not limited to staffing, clinical, operational and technical considerations. Operations Manual The Operations Manual refers to the Provider’s exposition Party / Parties ‘Party’ refers to either the Provider or the Purchasers. ‘Parties’ refers to the Provider and the Purchasers. For the avoidance of doubt, the Purchasers constitute one Party to the Agreement and any reference to a Party means a reference to the Provider or to the Ministry of Health and ACC together as the Purchasers. PDR Preliminary Design Review. Performance Indicators Specific performance measures collected and reported regularly to enable monitoring of service performance. Place of definitive care For the purposes of Emergency Ambulance Service, a place of definitive care is a receiving treatment facility which provides services and definitive care delivered by the most suitably qualified and experienced staff able to deal effectively with the patient’s presenting condition. The place of definitive care may be determined by clinical personnel in conjunction with the receiving treatment facility, and will always be dependent on the patient’s condition and need for urgent care or stabilisation. It may be deemed appropriate to transport the patient to a specialist facility, where services available better meet the needs of the patient, rather than the nearest facility. Paramedic Practice levels An authority to practise is granted to ambulance personnel by the Provider’s Medical Director at one of the following practice levels, in order from highest qualified. • Intensive Care Paramedic. • Paramedic. • Emergency Medical Technician. • First Responder / Emergency Medical Assistant. • Each practice level has a delegated scope of practice that defines the medicines and procedures that paramedics may administer or perform. Pre-Insolvency Event A Pre-Insolvency Event is either: a) the Provider entering into; or resolving to enter into; a scheme of arrangement or composition for the benefit of creditors or any class of creditors b) the Provider suspending or stopping payment to its creditors generally or ceasing to carry on business as normal; or threatening or stating that it will do any of those things. Pre-hospital / Primary Retrieval (PHE) Responding to a medical or traumatic event in the community where little or no medical care has been provided and transporting to a place of definitive care. Privately Funded A commercial activity undertaken by the Provider in which they enter into an agreement with individuals or organisations for the provision of non-Emergency Ambulance Service. The Provider The Party whose reference name is ‘the Provider’ in this Agreement and, where the context requires, includes its employees, agents and permitted contractors, subcontractors and its successors and permitted assigns. The Purchasers The Accident Compensation Corporation continued under the Accident Compensation Act 2001 and, where the context requires, including its employees, agents, consultants and contractors, and its successors and assigns, acting together with Her Majesty the Queen in Right of New Zealand acting by and through the Ministry of Health including, where the context requires, its permitted consultants, subcontractors, agents, employees and assignees. Records Records relate to Service User information and includes electronic and paper form. Registered Nurse As described under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Xxx 0000. Retrieval The organised transfer of a Service User (patient) from one facility to a facility that is able to provide a higher level of care. Search and Rescue (SAR) Search and rescue is: a) any search for a lost person; or b) any rescue operation for a person who is considered to be sick or injured in a remote xxxx, mountain or close to shore setting where there is or may be difficulty in locating the person; or c) any search or rescue operation where distance or location can be affected by weather conditions (eg alpine terrain); and d) includes any operation mounted solely for the purpose of recovering bodies from a remote location. Service Coverage Schedule The Service Coverage Schedule (SCS) defines the agreed level of service coverage that the Ministry of Health and DHBs are held accountable to. It is one of the schedules to the Crown Funding Agreement. It is updated annually. Ministry website xxxxx://xxxx.xxxxxx.xxxx.xx/accountability/service-coverage-schedule Service Level Agreement A contractual agreement between the National Air Desk and the Providers, which outlines the operational aspects of their relationship. Service Specification An individual Service Specification contained in Part 2 of this Agreement. Services, and the Services The services (or some or all of them, as the context may require) that are to be provided by the Provider in accordance with the Service Specifications. Service User Any person who uses a Service described in this Agreement. Note the term ‘Service User’ includes: a) patient b) Client, which is any person who has been accepted by ACC as eligible for cover in respect of personal injury under the Accident Compensation Xxx 0000. Severity Assessment Code (SAC) The severity assessment code (SAC) is a numerical rating which defines the severity of an adverse event and as a consequence the required level of reporting and investigation be undertaken for the event. Skids on Skids off (SOSO) Has the same meaning as Flight Time, and for a helicopter it is the time calculated from the moment the aircraft leaves the ground until it touches down. STC Supplemental Type Certificate. TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System. Technical Specification The technical specifications for helicopters in Part 2 of this Agreement. Term The period described in a Service Schedule during which the Service(s) described in that Service Schedule are to be provided. Trauma Emergency See Schedule 8: Terms and Conditions Specific to ACC Related Services for the definition of a Trauma Emergency. Triage A system of prioritising requests for medical or ambulance assistance or attendance according to the severity of the illness or injury. TSO Technical Standards Order – US FAA. Urgent Treatment Where treatment is required for a life threatening or potentially life threatening dispatch, or when a non-emergency dispatch is found to be of higher acuity on assessment, and the Service User needs transport to treatment to address a life threatening or potentially life threatening condition. VOR VHF Omni Directional Radio Range. VOX Voice activated or voice switched. Working Day A calendar day other than any Saturday or Sunday, any public holiday or any day falling within the period 24 December to 5 January inclusive.
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