048-7 Wyo. Code R. §§ 7-3 - Sponsor Hospital
(a) An ALS service
shall obtain the commitment of a sponsor hospital.
(b) The system shall be approved by the
hospital administrator and chief of the medical staff of the sponsor
hospital.
(c) Eligibility
requirements. The sponsor hospital:
(i) For
an EMT Intermediate system, shall have a registered nurse on duty for the
emergency room twenty-four (24) hours a day and capable of constant voice
communication coverage with a physician.
(ii) For a Paramedic system, shall have a
registered nurse, on duty in the emergency room twenty-four (24) hours a day
and capable of constant voice communication coverage with a physician.
(A) The registered nurse shall:
(I) (Be) current in Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS) with the standards of the American Heart Association;
(II) Have audited the Advanced Trauma Life
Support (ATLS) course of the American College of Surgeons or an equivalent
nursing trauma course;
(III)
Function in accordance with the Wyoming Nursing Act;
W.S.
33-21-119, et seq.; and
(IV) Be immediately available at
all times to communicate with EMT Intermediate, or Paramedic personnel in the
field.
(B) The Physician
shall:
(I) Be current in Advanced Trauma Life
Support (ATLS) with the standards of the American College of Surgeons or its
equivalent from the American College of Emergency Physicians;
(II) Be current in Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS) with the standards of the American Heart Association;
(III) Be available to communicate with the
EMT Intermediate or Paramedic personnel in the field;
(IV) Explain the medical role of EMT
Intermediate and Paramedic personnel to appropriate hospital staff;
(V) Cooperate with the Division in the
collection of statistical data;
(VI) Maintain direct communications
capability between the sponsor hospital and the ALS service(s);
(VII) Provide clinical experience with
supervision for trainees during the training program and for continuing medical
education;
(VIII) Provide for audit
in review of EMT Intermediate cases and Paramedic advanced life support cases
as outlined in Chapter 8. All concerned EMT Intermediate or Paramedic personnel
shall attend the meetings; and
(IX)
Practice in a hospital which has an intensive care unit or a monitored bed unit
(MBU).
Notes
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