Critical care transport or “CCT” means specialty care patient transportation, when medically necessary for a critically ill or injured patient needing critical care paramedic skills, provided by an authorized ambulance service that is approved by the department to provide critical care transportation and staffed by one or more critical care paramedics or other health care professional in an appropriate specialty area.
Critical care transport means the Transfer or Transport of a Patient in an appropriately equipped Ambulance or Air Ambulance, as defined by the Permittee’s Medical Director, whose medical condition may require special observation or treatment.
Critical care transport means the interfacility transport of a patient whose condition requires care by a physician, RN or a paramedic who has received special training and approval by the MPD.
Examples of Critical care transport in a sentence
Critical Care Transport (CCT) emergency and non-emergency transport service, either CCT-P or CCT-RN, shall be regulated by the provisions of this ordinance and the county’s CCT and Administrative policies.
More Definitions of Critical care transport
Critical care transport or “CCT” means a paramedic level service program that has received an endorsement from the department to provide specialty care patient transportation and that is staffed by one or more paramedics with a critical care paramedic endorsement from the department or that is staffed by other health care professionals in an appropriate specialty area.
Critical care transport or “CCT” means any transport of a patient where the skill level required in the care of that patient during transport exceeds the basic life support, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and paramedic level and scope of training.
Critical care transport or “CCT” means a transport during which a patient requires a level of medical care and/or observation that exceeds the standard scope of practice for EMTs and paramedics and where services are rendered by registered nurses.
Critical care transport means the pre-hospital or inter-hospital transportation of a critically injured or ill patient by a vehicle service provider, including the provision of medically necessary supplies and services, at a level of service beyond the scope of the EMT-Paramedic. When medically indicated for a patient, as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, an advanced practice nurse, or a physician's assistant, in compliance with Section 3.155(b) and (c) of the Act, critical care transport may be provided by:
Critical care transport means an interfacility transport of a patient that, due to the nature of their illness or injury, requires special procedures or medication during the transport which exceeds the paramedic scope of practice.
Critical care transport. (CCT) means any entity or person who transports a patient in circumstances where the skill level required in the care of that patient during export exceeds the ALS scope of training.
Critical care transport or “CCT” means a paramedic level service program that has received an endorsement from the department to provide specialty care patient transportation and staffed by one or more paramedics with critical care paramedic endorsement by the department or staffed by other health care professional in an appropriate specialty area.