§ 16.95.015. Responsibilities of municipal service.  


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  • The municipal emergency medical service shall:

    A.

    Be responsible for the effective operation of mobile intensive care units and ambulance units assigned to the municipal fire department.

    B.

    Use mobile intensive care paramedics or emergency medical technicians for the delivery of emergency medical care to the sick and injured at the scene of an emergency, during transportation to a health care facility, while in the hospital emergency department until care responsibility is assumed by qualified hospital staff, and during training within the facilities of the sponsor hospitals.

    C.

    Include an adequate number of health professions, allied health professions and other health personnel with appropriate training and experience to provide emergency medical services 24 hours a day within the municipality.

    D.

    Provide an ongoing training program for emergency medical technicians as required to maintain certification with the state.

    E.

    Provide an ongoing training program for mobile intensive care paramedics of not less than 36 hours' didactic training each year from date of certification. Individual paramedics shall be responsible for acquiring 36 hours of didactic training each year.

(AO No. 77-348A; AO No. 82-14)