Illinois Compiled Statutes 210 ILCS 50/3.30 – EMS Region Plan; Content
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(a) The EMS Medical Directors Committee shall address at least the following:
(1) Protocols for inter-System/inter-Region patient
(1) Protocols for inter-System/inter-Region patient
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transports, including identifying the conditions of emergency patients which may not be transported to the different levels of emergency department, based on their Department classifications and relevant Regional considerations (e.g. transport times and distances);
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(2) Regional standing medical orders;
(3) Patient transfer patterns, including criteria for
Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 210 ILCS 50/3.30
- individual: shall include every infant member of the species homo sapiens who is born alive at any stage of development. See Illinois Compiled Statutes 5 ILCS 70/1.36
- Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
(3) Patient transfer patterns, including criteria for
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determining whether a patient needs the specialized services of a trauma center, along with protocols for the bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma center or regional trauma center which are consistent with individual System bypass or diversion protocols and protocols for patient choice or refusal;
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(4) Protocols for resolving Regional or Inter-System
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conflict;
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(5) An EMS disaster preparedness plan which includes
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the actions and responsibilities of all EMS participants within the Region. Within 90 days of the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996, an EMS System shall submit to the Department for review an internal disaster plan. At a minimum, the plan shall include contingency plans for the transfer of patients to other facilities if an evacuation of the hospital becomes necessary due to a catastrophe, including but not limited to, a power failure;
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(6) Regional standardization of continuing education
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requirements;
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(7) Regional standardization of Do Not Resuscitate
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(DNR) policies, and protocols for power of attorney for health care;
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(8) Protocols for disbursement of Department grants;
(9) Protocols for the triage, treatment, and
(9) Protocols for the triage, treatment, and
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transport of possible acute stroke patients; and
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(10) Regional standing medical orders for the
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administration of opioid antagonists.
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(b) The Trauma Center Medical Directors or Trauma Center Medical Directors Committee shall address at least the following:
(1) The identification of Regional Trauma Centers;
(2) Protocols for inter-System and inter-Region
(1) The identification of Regional Trauma Centers;
(2) Protocols for inter-System and inter-Region
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trauma patient transports, including identifying the conditions of emergency patients which may not be transported to the different levels of emergency department, based on their Department classifications and relevant Regional considerations (e.g. transport times and distances);
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(3) Regional trauma standing medical orders;
(4) Trauma patient transfer patterns, including
(4) Trauma patient transfer patterns, including
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criteria for determining whether a patient needs the specialized services of a trauma center, along with protocols for the bypassing of or diversion to any hospital, trauma center or regional trauma center which are consistent with individual System bypass or diversion protocols and protocols for patient choice or refusal;
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(5) The identification of which types of patients can
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be cared for by Level I and Level II Trauma Centers;
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(6) Criteria for inter-hospital transfer of trauma
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patients;
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(7) The treatment of trauma patients in each trauma
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center within the Region;
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(8) A program for conducting a quarterly conference
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which shall include at a minimum a discussion of morbidity and mortality between all professional staff involved in the care of trauma patients;
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(9) The establishment of a Regional trauma quality
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assurance and improvement subcommittee, consisting of trauma surgeons, which shall perform periodic medical audits of each trauma center’s trauma services, and forward tabulated data from such reviews to the Department; and
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(10) The establishment, within 90 days of the
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effective date of this amendatory Act of 1996, of an internal disaster plan, which shall include, at a minimum, contingency plans for the transfer of patients to other facilities if an evacuation of the hospital becomes necessary due to a catastrophe, including but not limited to, a power failure.
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(c) The Region’s EMS Medical Directors and Trauma Center Medical Directors Committees shall appoint any subcommittees which they deem necessary to address specific issues concerning Region activities.