2016-698 Emergency Svc - North State Medical Transport - Application for Services Franchise by Ordinance

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Transport may inform the media that "a patient was transported from the accident scene to ABC Hospital.") b. Number of patients. North State Medical Transport may provide the total number of patients involved in an incident or transported to a facility. North State Medical Transport may not indicate specifics, such as the type of vehicle a patient was driving or which patient went to a particular facility. (Example: North State Medical Transport may inform the media that "four patients were transported from the fire at the Chemical Factory. Two were taken to County General and two were taken to the Regional Medical Center.") c. Age &Gender. North State Medical Transport may provide the age of a patient and the gender of the patient, unless it could reasonably be used to identify the patient. (Example: North State Medical Transport may inform the media that "a 39 y/o male was transported from the accident on the Interstate.") d. Designation of crew members. North State Medical Transport may state, for example,that one paramedic and two EMTs were involved in caring for the patients involved in a motor vehicle accident. North State Medical Transport may identify the names of the personnel who responded. (Example: North State Medical Transport may inform the media that "North State Medical Transport personnel on the scene of the incident included two paramedics and a supervisor and advanced life support was administered.") e. Type of Transport. North State Medical Transport may indicate that a particular call was an emergency and that transportation was facilitated by ambulance or helicopter. (Example: "Of the 3 patients on the scene of the incident, one was transported by helicopter to the Trauma Center and two were transported as non- emergency patients to the local hospital emergency department.") kk