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ORD-2009-186 - Regulating Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Service & Granting of Franchise & Contracts to the Operatiors in the County of Orange
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ORD-2009-186 - Regulating Emergency Medical, First Responder and Rescue Service & Granting of Franchise & Contracts to the Operatiors in the County of Orange
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4 <br />order to prevent loss of life or further aggravation of physiological or psychological <br />illness or injury. <br />1.9 Emergency Aanagement System or EMS. Emergency Management System or "EMS"~------ Formatted: Bullets and Numbering <br />shall mean a coordinated arrangement of local resources under the authority of the <br />Emergency Services Director (including all agencies, personnel, equipment, and <br />facilities) organized to respond to medical emergencies and integrated with other health <br />care providers and nerivorks including public health, community health monitoring <br />activities, and special. needs populations. <br />1..10 Emergency Medical Dispatcher or Telecommunicator. The term "emergency medical;----- Formatted: mdenu Left: o•, <br />" <br />dispatcher" of "telecommunicator" shall mean an emergency telecommunicator who has ~ Hanghrtg: 0,5', Tabs: Not at 0.25 <br />completed educational requirements and been credentialed by the Department of Health ~~ ~~~~ and Numbering <br />and Human Services as an emergency medical dispatcher and who is available to receive <br />requests for emergency services, to dispatch emergency services, and to advise local law <br />enforcement agencies, fire departments, rescue squads, first or medical responder units <br />and emergency medical services and facilities of any existing or threatened emergency. <br />1.11 Emergency Medical Services. "Emergency Medical Services" means services rendered-------- Formatted: Boilers and Numbering <br />by emergency medical services personnel in responding to improve the health and <br />wellness of the community and to address the individual's need for emergency medical <br />care within the scope of practice as defined by the North Carolina Medical Board, .in <br />accordance with G.S. 143-514, and the Orange County Medical. Director in order to <br />prevent loss of life or further aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or <br />injury. <br />1.12 Emergency Medical Services Instructor, "Emergency Medical Services Instructor"~-----" Formatted: Bullets and Numbering <br />means an individual who has completed educational requirements approved by the <br />Department of Health and Human. Services and has been. credentialed by that Department <br />as an emergency medical services instructor. <br />1.13 Emergency Medical Services Peer Review Committee. Emergency Medical Service Peer-------- Formatted: Burets and Numbering <br />Review Committee means a panel composed of EMS program representatives <br />responsible for analyzing patient care data and outcome measures to evaluate the ongoing <br />quality of patient care, system performance, and medical direction within the EMS <br />system. The committee may include physicians, nurses, EMS personnel, medical facility <br />personnel and county government staff as determined by the Emergency Services <br />Director in consultation with the County Medical Director. <br />1.15 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). The term- "emergency medical technician"~-=---- <br />means an,~ndividual w_ho has completed a training_program_in emergency medical care_____=- <br />that has been approved for legal recognition by the North Carolina Department of Health <br />and Human Services, in accordance with rules promulgated by the Medical Care <br />Commission, j-as been certified as an EMT by_ the_ State_ of North Carolina Office of _____ <br />Emergency Medical Services, and approved by the County Medical Director to perform <br />services as an EMT in the Orange County EMS system. <br />Formatted: Bullets and Numbering <br />Deleted: ~ <br />Finageo~y Medico! Technician (EM7). <br />The tens "emergency medial <br />tedwcian" tneaas an <br />Deleted: et least equal to the National <br />Standard Training Program for <br />Emergency Medical Teclmiaans as <br />de£med hY the United Stares llepartment <br />of Transportation and <br />Page 2 of 18 <br />
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