Kentucky Statutes 211.342 – Department to furnish annual listing of heart attack treatment centers to emergency medical services providers — Pre-hospital care protocols for heart attack patients at emergency medical services authorities — Training …
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(1) By June 1 of each year, the department shall send the list of recognized Level I Comprehensive Cardiac Centers, Level II Primary Heart Attack Centers, and Level III Acute Heart Attack Ready hospitals to the medical director of each licensed emergency medical services provider in this state. The department shall maintain a copy of the list in the office designated within the department to oversee emergency medical services and shall post on the department’s Web site a list of Level I Comprehensive Cardiac Centers, Level II Primary Heart Attack Centers, and Level III Acute Heart Attack Ready hospitals.
(2) By June 1 of each year, in accordance with KRS § 311A.180, all emergency medical services authorities across the department shall establish pre-hospital care protocols related to the assessment, treatment, transport, and routing of heart attack patients by emergency medical services providers in this state. The protocols shall include the development and implementation of plans for the triage and transport of acute heart attack patients.
(3) All emergency medical services authorities across the state shall establish training requirements to ensure that licensed emergency medical services providers and 911 dispatch personnel receive regular training on the assessment and treatment of heart attack patients.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2022.
(2) By June 1 of each year, in accordance with KRS § 311A.180, all emergency medical services authorities across the department shall establish pre-hospital care protocols related to the assessment, treatment, transport, and routing of heart attack patients by emergency medical services providers in this state. The protocols shall include the development and implementation of plans for the triage and transport of acute heart attack patients.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 211.342
- State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- Treatment: when used in a criminal justice context, means targeted interventions
that focus on criminal risk factors in order to reduce the likelihood of criminal behavior. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010 - Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(3) All emergency medical services authorities across the state shall establish training requirements to ensure that licensed emergency medical services providers and 911 dispatch personnel receive regular training on the assessment and treatment of heart attack patients.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 115, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2022.