Advanced life support definition

Advanced life support means special services designed to provide definitive prehospital emergency medical care, including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, advanced airway management, intravenous therapy, administration of specified drugs and other medicinal preparations, and other specified techniques and procedures administered by authorized personnel under the direct supervision of a base hospital as part of a local EMS system at the scene of an emergency, during transport to an acute care hospital, during interfacility transfer, and while in the emergency department of an acute care hospital until responsibility is assumed by the emergency or other medical staff of that hospital. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1391, Sec. 4.)

Advanced life support means functional provision of advanced airway management, including intubation, advanced cardiac monitoring, manual defibrillation, estab- lishment and maintenance of intravenous access, and drug therapy.

Advanced life support. , for purposes of IC 16-31, means the following:

Examples of Advanced life support in a sentence

• The Camas−Washougal Fire Department also provides Transporting Advanced Life Support Service to the City of Camas, City of Washougal, East County Fire and Rescue Services, a portion of the City of Vancouver and a portion of Clark County Fire District Five.

• It is understood that if this Agreement is terminated for any reason, Contractor will not have approval to be an EMT-P Service Provider of Advanced Life Support Service Provider within San Mateo County and must cease all advanced life support services immediately.

• The City and the Authority recognize that the Emergency Medical Response System (“EMRS”) is a tiered, multiple component system comprised of the City’s Denver 911 for call taking, dispatching, and administration of the record keeping system, the Denver Fire Department for primary emergent Basic Life Support (BLS) first responders, and the Authority for Advanced Life Support (ALS) paramedics and transport services, and non-emergent BLS.

• Advanced Life Support (“ALS”) providers are responsible for providing emergency prehospital patient care and/or transporting prehospital patients from the scene of an emergency to acute care hospitals within an organized EMS system, in accordance with California Health and Safety Code Division 2.5, Section 1797 et seq., California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 9, and emergency medical services policies and procedures established by the REMSA.

• In the event this Agreement is terminated, the EMS Administrator will meet with a representative of Contractor to discuss the terms and conditions under which Contractor may be redesignated an EMT-P Service Provider or Advanced Life Support Service Provider.

More Definitions of Advanced life support

Advanced life support or “ALS” means use, by appro- priately trained and licensed personnel, in prehospital and interfa- cility emergency care and transportation of patients, of the medi- cal knowledge, skills and techniques included in the department−approved training required for licensure of emer- gency medical technicians−paramedic under ch. HFS 112 or emergency medical technicians−intermediate under this chapter and which are not included in basic life support.

Advanced life support means special services designed to provide definitive prehospital emergency medical care, including but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, advanced airway management, intravenous therapy, administration with drugs and other medicinal preparations, and other specified techniques and procedures.

Advanced life support means treatment described in section 4765.39 of the Revised Code that a paramedic is certified to perform.

Advanced life support means the level of assessment and care

Advanced life support means advanced emergency medical technicians, or other EMS personnel having a higher level of licensure, who treat life-threatening or aggravating medical emergencies under medical control.

Advanced life support or “ALS” means out of hospital emergency care which encompasses procedures, treatments, and techniques within the Advanced EMT (AEMT), EMT Intermediate (EMT-I), Paramedic or Registered Nurse scope of practice and are authorized by their WCEO EMS Medical Director. The maximum functions that may be assigned to an AEMT, EMT-I and Paramedic are listed in OAR 847-035- 0030.

Advanced life support or “ALS” means the advanced level of pre-hospital and inter hospital emergency care that includes basic life support functions including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, plus cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, electrocardiography, administration of anti arrhythmic agents, intravenous therapy, administration of specific medications, drugs and solutions, use of adjunctive medical devices, trauma care and other authorized techniques and procedures.