Connecticut General Statutes 19a-179c – Interfacility critical care transport. Emergency interfacility transport
(a) Any ambulance used for interfacility critical care transport shall meet the requirements for a basic level ambulance, as prescribed in regulations adopted pursuant to § 19a-179, including requirements concerning medically necessary supplies and services, and may be supplemented by a licensed registered nurse, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant or respiratory care practitioner, provided such licensed professionals shall have current training and certification in pediatric or adult advanced life support, or from the Neonatal Resuscitation Program of the American Academy of Pediatrics, as appropriate, based on the patient‘s condition.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 19a-179c
- Ambulance: means a motor vehicle specifically designed to carry patients. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-175
- Ambulance service: means an organization which transports patients. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-175
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Interfacility critical care transport: means the interfacility transport of a patient between licensed health care institutions. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-175
- Patient: means an injured or ill person or a person with a physical disability requiring assistance and transportation. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-175
- Primary service area: means a specific geographic area to which one designated emergency medical service organization is assigned for each category of emergency medical response services. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-175
- Primary service area responder: means an emergency medical service organization who is designated to respond to a victim of sudden illness or injury in a primary service area. See Connecticut General Statutes 19a-175
(b) A general hospital or children’s general hospital licensed in accordance with § 19a-490 may utilize a ground or air ambulance service other than the primary service area responder for emergency interfacility transports of patients when (1) the primary service area responder is not authorized to the level of care required for the patient, (2) the primary service area responder does not have the equipment necessary to transport the patient safely, or (3) the transport takes the primary service area responder out of its service area for more than two hours and there is another ambulance service with the appropriate level of medical authorization and proper equipment available. The patient’s attending physician shall determine when it is necessary to utilize the primary service area responder or other ambulance service for an expeditious and medically appropriate transport.