Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part VII - Emergency Medical Services › Subpart A - EMS System › Chapter 1021 - RESERVED › Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 1021.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subpart,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
ACLS course
-
Advanced cardiac
						life support course
-A course in advanced cardiac life support
						sanctioned by the American Heart Association.
AEMT-Advanced emergency medical
						technician
-An individual who is certified by the Department as an
						advanced EMT.
ALS
-Advanced life support.
ALS ambulance-Advanced life support
						ambulance
-An ambulance that is staffed and equipped to provide EMS
						above the AEMT level and used in the transport of patients.
ALS squad vehicle-Advanced life support squad
						vehicle
-
(i) A vehicle that
					 is maintained or operated to transport EMS providers above the AEMT level, and
					 equipment and supplies, to rendezvous with the crew of an ambulance for the
					 purpose of providing advanced EMS to patients.
(ii) The vehicle is not used in the transport
					 of patients.
APLS course-Advanced pediatric life support
						course
-A course in advanced pediatric life support sanctioned by the
						American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Emergency
						Physicians.
ATLS course-Advanced trauma life support
						course
-A course in advanced trauma life support sanctioned by the
						American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
Act
-35 Pa.C.S. §§ 8101-8157
						(relating to Emergency Medical Services System Act).
Advanced EMS-Advanced emergency medical
						services
-EMS exceeding the scope of practice of an EMT, as authorized
						by the Department.
Advisory Board
-The State Advisory
						Board, which is the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Emergency Health
						Services Council.
Air ambulance
-A rotorcraft specifically
						designed, constructed or modified and equipped, used or intended to be used and
						maintained or operated for the purpose of providing emergency medical care to
						and air transportation of patients.
Ambulance
-A ground, water or air
						vehicle which is maintained or operated for the purpose of providing EMS to and
						transportation of patients.
Ambulance crew
-EMS providers that staff
						an ambulance to provide emergency medical services.
BLS
-Basic life support.
BLS ambulance-Basic life support
						ambulance
-An ambulance that is equipped to provide EMS at or below the
						AEMT level and used in the transport of patients.
BLS squad vehicle-Basic life support squad
						vehicle
-
(i) A vehicle that
					 is maintained or operated to transport EMS providers, and equipment and
					 supplies, to rendezvous with the crew of an ambulance for the purpose of
					 providing to patients EMS at or below the AEMT level.
(ii) The vehicle is not used in the transport
					 of patients.
Basic EMS-Basic emergency medical
						services
-EMS included within, but not exceeding, the scope of practice
						of an EMT.
Bureau
-
(i) The Bureau of Emergency Medical Services
					 of the Department.
(ii) If the
					 Department is reorganized, the office within the Department assigned primary
					 responsibility for administering the act.
CPR-Cardiopulmonary
						resuscitation
-Artificial circulation which is performed as a procedure
						when cardiac arrest occurs.
CPR course-Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
						course
-A course of instruction in CPR meeting the Emergency Cardiac
						Care Committee National Conference on CPR and Emergency Cardiac Care standards.
						The course shall encompass one- and two-rescuer adult, infant and child CPR,
						and obstructed airway methods.
Call-taker
-An EMS agency dispatch
						center employee who is responsible for taking calls from callers seeking EMS
						and gathering the essential information from callers to determine whether EMS
						is needed and, if required, the location to which EMS resources need to be
						sent.
Call-taking
-The act of answering
						emergency calls from the public and obtaining the information necessary to
						dispatch EMS resources to the reported location of the emergency.
Commonwealth EMS Medical Director-Commonwealth
						Emergency Medical Services Medical Director
-A physician who is
						approved by the Department to advise and formulate policy on matters pertaining
						to EMS.
Continuing education
-Learning
						activities intended to build upon the education and experience of EMS providers
						and EMSVOs to enhance and strengthen the quality of services provided.
Continuing education course
-A unit of
						continuing education for which the Department will grant an EMS provider or
						EMSVO continuing education credit.
Continuing education sponsor
-An entity
						or institution that is accredited by the Department as a sponsor of continuing
						education courses.
Conviction
-A judgment of guilt, a plea
						of guilty or a plea of nolo contendere.
Department
-The Department of Health of
						the Commonwealth.
Dispatcher
-An EMS agency dispatch
						center employee who is responsible for taking the information gathered by the
						call-taker and determining the appropriate EMS response and dispatching the EMS
						resources needed to respond to the EMS needs of the patient.
Dispatching
-The act of alerting and
						directing the response of EMS resources to the desired locations.
EMR-Emergency medical responder
-An
						individual who is certified by the Department as an emergency medical
						responder.
EMS-Emergency medical services
-Either
						of the following:
(i) The medical care,
					 including medical assessment, monitoring, treatment, transportation and
					 observation, which may be provided to a person in responding to an actual or
					 reported emergency to either of the following:
(A) Prevent or protect against loss of life
					 or a deterioration in physiological or psychological condition.
(B) Address pain or morbidity associated with
					 the person's condition.