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Timestamp: 2019-04-25 14:04:52+00:00

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2013 Hawaii Trauma Education Calendar – View the 2013 schedule for trauma education courses.
Transfer of Head Injury Guidelines – View and download the current guidelines for Head Injury Transfers.
Please visit our Injury Prevention and Control Section’s website.
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If you have trouble reaching any of the numbers above, call (808) 733-9215 from 7:45 a.m. through 4:15 p.m., Hawaiian Standard Time, Monday through Friday.
Ambulance Fees – View the current ambulance fee rates.
Notice of Privacy Practices – View/save a copy of our Notice of Privacy Practices.
Since July 1, 1995, emergency ambulance patients who have been diagnosed as terminally ill can, if they wish, obtain and wear a “COMFORT CARE ONLY” I.D. bracelet or necklace. Then, should they stop, or are about to stop breathing, they will receive comfort care such as oxygen, medication for pain, suctioning of oral secretions, and other comfort measures, but they will NOT receive resuscitation efforts (i.e., rescue breathing, chest compressions, electric shocks, or medications intended to try to restart the heart). This is a completely voluntary decision that the terminally ill patient can make if he or she wants.
This law allows terminally ill patients a means to pass away, when their time comes, in as much comfort as possible, with their dignity intact and without having to endure the pain, distress and expense of prolonging their death.
Introductory Memorandum – Download/Save a Copy of This Memorandum.
Information Packet – Download/Save a Copy of the Information Packet.
For more information about the Comfort Care Only-Do Not Resuscitate Program or to request forms, please call our office at (808) 733-9210.
On July 16, 2009, POLST became law without the Governor’s signature as Act 186, (Gov. Msg. No. 543).
POLST (Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) is a physician’s order that gives patients more control over their end-of-life care. It specifies the types of treatments that a patient wishes to receive towards the end of life. Completing a POLST form encourages communication between healthcare providers and patients, enabling patients to make more informed decisions. The POLST form documents those decisions in a clear manner and can be quickly understood by all providers, including first responders and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. As a result, the patient’s wishes can be honored across all settings of care.
Kokua Mau is the lead agency for POLST. For more information about POLST, visit www.kokuamau.org or contact them at (808) 585-9977.
Hawaii POLST Form – Download/save a copy of the POLST Form.
A Provider’s Guide to POLST – Download/save a copy of this Guide.
§321-221, HRS – Findings and purpose.
§321-223, HRS – State comprehensive EMS system, establishment.
§321-224, HRS – Department of health, functions, duties.
§321-225, HRS – The state emergency medical services advisory committee.
§321-226, HRS – Emergency medical services and systems, standards.
§321-227, HRS – Regulation of ambulances.
§321-228, HRS – Emergency medical services; counties.
§321-229, HRS – Emergency medical services personnel, training programs.
§321-23, HRS – Catastrophic and traumatic emergency response program.
§321-23.3, HRS – Volunteer emergency medical disaster response personnel.
§321-23.6, HRS – Rapid identification documents.
§321-230, HRS – Technical assistance, data collection, evaluation.
§321-232, HRS – Revenues; deposit into state general fund.
§321-234, HRS – Emergency medical services special fund.
[§321-235, HRS] – Immunity and limitation on liability for emergency aeromedical services.
[§321-22.5, HRS] – Trauma system special fund.
§453-31, HRS – Emergency ambulance service personnel.
§453-32, HRS – Certification of emergency ambulance personnel.
§453-32.1, HRS – Renewal of certification.
§453-32.5, HRS – Temporary certification.
§453-32.51, HRS – Limited temporary certification.
§453-32.6, HRS – Delegation to committee . . .
Download/Save a Copy of the Standing Orders.
Don’t Delay, Dial 911! • Top Ten Tips About Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for Parents of Young Children!

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