Policies and Procedures.
Index
Air Ambulance Utilization Policy
Section A: ALS Special Procedures
A-1		ALS special procedures
A-2		Annual ALS Special Procedures Form
Section B:       Medical Command
PLEASE NOTE:  SOME OF THE MEDICAL COMMAND POLICIES WERE DELETED AND/OR RENUMBERED.  THE POLICIES LISTED BELOW ARE THE CURRENT MEDICAL COMMAND POLICIES.
	B-1	Orientation for medical command physicians
	B-2	Notification of Receiving Hospital
	B-3	Transfer of Medical Command to another Medical Command Facility
	B-4	Medical Command from Hospitals within Chester County (deleted effective 4/1/07)
	B-5	Medical Command from Out of County Hospitals (deleted effective 4/1/07)
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Section C:       Performance Improvement
	C-1	Confidentiality of information
	C-2	Role of the regional Medical Advisory Committee
	C-3	Role of the regional Medical Command Committee
	C-4	Annual reporting requirements
	C-5	Educational requirements for ALS practitioners
	C-6	Skill reciprocity
	C-7	Endotracheal intubation confirmation (deleted effective 4/1/07)
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Section D:       Operations
Removed 3/22/05	D-1	Gaining access to uncontrolled environments
	D-2	Utilization of protective equipment by EMS personnel
	D-3	Utilization of vehicular seat restraints
	D-4	Documentation process for incidents involving multiple EMS units
	D-5	Care of patient belongings
	D-6	Utilization of out of county ALS units
	D-7	Stand-by of ALS units
	D-8	Activation of supplemental ALS units
	D-9	Activation of additional ALS unit
	D-10	ALS unit relocation
	D-11	Determination of receiving hospital
	D-12	Patient referral to specialty centers
	D-13	Recall of covering EMS unit
	D-14	Requesting an ALS unit from the receiving hospital
	D-15	ALS unit transportation of patients
	D-16	Crew splitting
	D-17	ALS release
	D-18	Patient refusal form
	D-19	Role of clinical preceptors
	D-20	ALS Coordinator notification
	D-21	Role of the registered nurse/paramedic
	D-22	ALS practitioner functioning as a volunteer
	D-23	Role of the ALS coordinators
	D-24	EMS vehicle emergency lights and siren
	D-25	ALS unit not meeting minimum staffing requirements
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