Utah Code 53-2d-805. Duties of emergency medical dispatch centers
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An emergency medical dispatch center shall:
(1) implement a system to receive and manage the information reported to the emergency medical dispatch center under Section 53-2d-803 ;
Terms Used In Utah Code 53-2d-805
- AED: means an automated or automatic computerized medical device that:(4)(a) has received pre-market notification approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration, pursuant to Utah Code 53-2d-101
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Bureau: means the Bureau of Emergency Medical Services created in Section
53-2d-102 . See Utah Code 53-2d-101- CPR: means artificial ventilation or external chest compression applied to a person who is unresponsive and not breathing. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
- Emergency medical dispatch center: means a public safety answering point, as defined in Section
63H-7a-103 , that is designated as an emergency medical dispatch center by the bureau. See Utah Code 53-2d-101- Patient: means an individual who, as the result of illness, injury, or a behavioral emergency condition, meets any of the criteria in Section
26B-4-119 . See Utah Code 53-2d-101- Sudden cardiac arrest: means a life-threatening condition that results when a person's heart stops or fails to produce a pulse. See Utah Code 53-2d-101
(2) record in the system described in Subsection (1), all information received under Section53-2d-803 within 14 days after the day on which the information is received;(3) inform an individual who calls to report a potential incident of sudden cardiac arrest of the location of an AED located at the address of the potential sudden cardiac arrest;(4) provide verbal instructions to an individual described in Subsection (3) to:(4)(a) help the individual determine if a patient is in cardiac arrest; and(4)(b) if needed:(4)(b)(i) provide direction to start CPR;(4)(b)(ii) offer instructions on how to perform CPR; or(4)(b)(iii) offer instructions on how to use an AED, if one is available; and(5) provide the information contained in the system described in Subsection (1), upon request, to the bureau.