New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 8 - HEALTH › Chapter 41 - ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES; MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE PROGRAMS, SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORT SERVICES AND AIR MEDICAL SERVICES › Subchapter 3 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE, CREWMEMBER AND VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS › Section 8:41-3.4 - Basic equipment and supplies

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) When "in-service,"
				each MICU, SCTU and AMU shall be equipped with the following equipment and supplies:
1. An external pacemaker and a cardiac monitor
				with a DC or biphasic defibrillator that can provide both defibrillation and
				synchronized cardioversion and is capable of producing a paper recording of cardiac
				rhythms;
2. Assorted needles, syringes
				and IV supplies to include:
i. IV tubing and
				catheters; and
ii. Needle and syringe
				disposal containers that meet the requirements set forth at
				8:41-4.2(i);
3. Adult airway management materials
				including:
i. At least five oropharyngeal and
				nasopharyngeal airways in assorted sizes and a water-soluble lubricant for
				utilization with the airways;
ii.
				Laryngoscope blades, handles, endotracheal tubes, stylets, spare batteries and
				bulbs;
iii. Oxygen masks and
				cannulas;
iv. A 1,600 mL sized
				bag-valve-mask device;
v. Any bag that
				has a "pop off valve" shall have a device to easily defeat the valve;
vi. A pulse-oximeter; and
vii. End-tidal CO[2] monitors;
4. Transparent domed resuscitation
				facemasks (at least one each in adult, pediatric and infant sizes) with 22 mm
				fittings for utilization with the bag-valve-mask device and/or positive pressure
				device;
5. All medications and solutions
				set forth at 8:41-6.1;
6. An IV infusion pump;
7. A blood glucose monitoring system, either
				electronic or visual;
8. Adult sized
				blood pressure cuffs (at least one each in small, medium and large sizes);
9. Six rigid cervical collars of a type approved
				by the FDA for pre-hospital utilization by EMTs-Basic (for example, StifNeck[R] or
				Philadelphia-type) in at least three different sizes, one of which shall be of a
				size to accommodate pediatric patients;
10. Equipment to perform needle chest
				decompression;
11. Back-up medications
				and other equipment needed to provide for uninterrupted service;
12. A sterile obstetrical emergency delivery kit.
				The items may be individually wrapped or be contained in a "pack." Any pack shall
				have an exterior itemized list of contents. The kit shall contain the following
				items:
i. Four towels;
ii. Twelve sterile gauze compresses measuring four
				inches by four inches;
iii. Four sterile
				umbilical cord clamps;
iv. One sterile
				bulb syringe made of soft rubber (for newborn aspiration);
v. One receiving blanket;
vi. One pair of sterile scissors or a sterile
				scalpel;
vii. At least one set of eye
				protection or goggles; and
viii. Four
				pairs of sterile surgical gloves;
13. Wound dressing and burn treatment supplies, to
				include:
i. Two conforming roller bandages,
				measuring at least three inches wide by five yards long;
ii. Two triangular bandages (cravats) measuring 36
				inches by 36 inches by 51 inches when unfolded;
iii. Four sterile, individually wrapped universal
				(or multi-trauma) dressings measuring at least nine inches by 30 inches when
				unfolded;
iv. Ten sterile, individually
				wrapped gauze pads measuring at least four inches by four inches;
v. Two rolls of medical adhesive type
				tape;
vi. Four sterile, individually
				wrapped occlusive dressings or one sterilized roll of aluminum foil; and
vii. Two sterile, individually wrapped burn
				sheets;
14. Personal
				protective gear for each required crewmember, to include isolation garments
				(including respiratory protection masks that are effective in filtering airborne
				pathogens and gowns), goggles (in addition to any set utilized in the obstetrical
				emergency delivery kit) and disposable, single-use "biohazard" type examination
				gloves which are impervious to bodily fluids and provide adequate barrier protection
				in accordance with
				29 C.F.R.
				1910.1030, incorporated herein by reference.
				Gloves and masks shall meet the standards for personal protective equipment set
				forth at
				29 C.F.R.
				1910.1030 and shall be disposed of after
				utilization in accordance with all applicable laws, rules and/or
				regulations;
15. A copy of the
				provider's communications failure protocols; and
16. A copy of approved standing orders pursuant to
				N.J.A.C. 8:41-7 and 8.