Critical care transport (CCT) means specialty care patient transportation when medically necessary, for a critically ill or injured patient needing critical care paramedic (CCP) skills, between medical care facilities, and 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 (CCT) means any transport of a patient by ambulance when the ambulance staff on board includes a physician a registered nurse, or other medical personnel authorized to provide a level of care that exceeds the paramedic scope of practice.
Critical care transport (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 County accredited paramedics. Such services may be rendered by specially trained and authorized paramedics, or registered nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, perfusionists, physician=s assistants, nurse practitioners or nurse mid-wives as determined by the physician responsible for the patient and the EMS Medical Director.
Examples of Critical care transport (CCT) in a sentence
Critical care transport (CCT) is the interfacility transportation of a critically injured or ill beneficiary by a ground ambulance vehicle, including the provision of medically necessary supplies and services, at a level of service beyond the scope of the EMT-Paramedic.
More Definitions of Critical care transport (CCT)
Critical care transport (CCT) means interfacility transportation of a critically injured or ill person by ground ambulance vehicle, including the provision of medically necessary supplies and services, at a level of service beyond the scope of the ALS services provided by the Agreement as reasonably determined by the treating physician. CCT is necessary when a patient’s condition requires ongoing care that must be furnished by one or more health professionals in an appropriate specialty area, for example, emergency or critical care nursing, emergency medicine, respiratory care, cardiovascular care, or a paramedic with additional training as required by the State and is beyond the ALS services which are covered by this Agreement.
Critical care transport (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 County accredited paramedics. Such services may be rendered by specially trained and authorized paramedics, or registered nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, perfusionists, physician’s assistants, nurse practitioners or nurse midwives as determined by the physician responsible for the patient and the County EMS Agency Medical Director.