§ 1033.2. Administration, management and medical direction requirements.
(a) Special event EMS director. EMS provided at a special event shall be supervised by a special event EMS director.
(1) Responsibilities. The responsibilities of the special event EMS director include:
(i) Preparing a plan under § 1033.1 (relating to special event EMS planning requirements).
(ii) Managing the delivery of special event EMS.
(iii) Ensuring implementation of the EMS coordination measures contained in the special event EMS plan.
(iv) Ensuring that a record is kept that lists the individuals that requested or received EMS and the disposition of each case, including identification of the transporting EMS agency and ambulance, and the receiving facility, if the individual was transported to a receiving facility.
(2) Qualifications. A special event EMS director shall be experienced in the administration and management of EMS at the level of EMS provided for in the special event EMS plan.
(b) Special event EMS medical director.
(1) Responsibilities. The responsibilities of a special event EMS medical director include:
(i) Ensuring that each EMS provider provided by an EMS agency that is used under the special event EMS plan has been appropriately credentialed by the provider’s EMS agency medical director to provide EMS at the level required in the plan.
(ii) Ensuring that if onsite medical command is provided, that it be provided through a medical command facility and that medical command communications are documented.
(iii) Ensuring that equipment and medications are appropriately stored and secured.
(iv) Reviewing with the EMS agency medical directors for the EMS agencies involved, quality improvement issues related to the special event.
(v) Ensuring that adequate EMS PCRs and records are maintained for patients who receive EMS during the special event.
(2) Qualifications. A special event EMS medical director shall be an EMS agency medical director or satisfy the standards for being an EMS agency medical director in § 1023.1(b) (relating to EMS agency medical director) without serving as an EMS agency medical director.
Cross References This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 1033.7 (relating to special event report).
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