Or. Admin. R. 333-039-0040 - Emergency Medical Facilities
(1)
There shall be present at the outdoor mass gathering site for emergency medical
services, physicians and nurses in the following ratios:
(a) Daylight Hours -- At least one Oregon
physician plus sufficient other physicians (licensed to practice medicine and
surgery in any of the 50 states of the United States) to provide a ratio of one
for each 10,000 persons attending or fraction thereof and one nurse for each
7,500 persons attending or fraction thereof;
(b) Nighttime Hours - (1 a.m. to 7 a.m.) --
At least one Oregon physician plus sufficient other physicians (licensed to
practice medicine and surgery in any of the 50 states of the United States) to
provide a ratio of one for each 20,000 persons attending or fraction thereof
and one nurse for each 15,000 persons attending or fraction thereof.
(2) Facilities shall be provided
in which physicians can provide patient care and treatment. The facility shall
be enclosed, protected from the elements, and shall have chairs, examining
tables with stirrups, and locked cabinets for equipment and medicine. All
necessary medicine and instruments for conducting minor surgery and
examinations shall be available.
(3) Lighting within the emergency medical
facilities shall be provided and shall be not less than 200 foot candles in
areas where treatment and minor surgery are conducted.
(4) Attending physicians shall keep accurate
records of patients and treatment, and shall notify the local health officer of
all cases involving a communicable disease.
(5) Temporary holding facilities shall be
provided for the sick and injured while awaiting transport to a hospital. The
facility shall be enclosed, protected from the elements, and shall be furnished
with one cot or bed for each 1,000 persons anticipated or fraction
thereof.
(6) Communication, either
telephone or radio-telephone, shall be provided to summon aid or notify the
nearest hospital, law enforcement, or fire protection agency, as
required.
(7) Ambulances shall be
provided at the outdoor mass gathering for emergency evacuation of sick and
injured persons at a ratio of one ambulance for each 10,000 persons anticipated
or fraction thereof.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 433.760
Stats. Implemented: ORS 433.760
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