Rule 15-12-32-6.2.12 - Facility Standards-Emergency Medicine1. The facility must have an emergency department, division, service or section staffed so those trauma patients are assured immediate and appropriate initial care. The facility should have a dedicated pediatric emergency area so pediatric patients are assured immediate and appropriate initial care. The emergency physician must be in-house 24 hours/day, immediately available at all times, and capable of evaluating pediatric trauma patients and providing initial resuscitation. The emergency medicine physician will provide team leadership and care for the pediatric trauma patient until the arrival of the surgeon in the resuscitation area. The emergency department must have established standards and procedures to ensure immediate and appropriate care for the pediatric trauma patient. The medical director for the department, or designee, must participate with the Multidisciplinary Trauma Committee and the pediatric trauma PI process.2. The director of the emergency department, along with the pediatric trauma medical director, may establish trauma-specific credentials that should exceed those that are required for general hospital privileges (i.e. ATLS verification).3. There should be an adequate number of RNs staffed for the pediatric trauma resuscitation area in-house 24 hours/day. Emergency nurses staffing the pediatric trauma resuscitation area must be a current provider of TNCC and participate in the ongoing PI process of the trauma program. Nurses must obtain TNCC within 18 months of assignment to the ER. There must be a written plan ensuring nurses maintain ongoing trauma specific education.15 Miss. Code. R. 12-32-6.2.12
Miss. Code Ann. § 41-59-5