Okla. Admin. Code § 310:641-13-8

Current through Vol. 42, No. 7, December 16, 2024

Section 310:641-13-8 - Air ambulance medical staffing

(a) Each air ambulance flight originating in Oklahoma shall have, as a minimum, one of the following aeromedical crew member attending the patient:

(1) a physician licensed to practice in the State of Oklahoma. This crew member should at a minimum be competent in the principles supported in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Pediatric Education for the Prehospital Professional (PEPP), Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), altitude physiology, and on-board treatment modalities.

(2) a registered nurse licensed to practice in the State of Oklahoma. This crew member should at a minimum be competent in clinical principles of care related to critical care modalities, such as obstetrics, neonatology, pediatrics, burns, cardiology, neurosurgery, toxicology and infectious disease specialties, the principles of ATLS, altitude physiology, training appropriate to mission profile, and aviation communications.

(3) a Paramedic licensed to practice in the State of Oklahoma. This crew member should at a minimum be competent in altitude physiology, ACLS, PALS, PEPP and Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) or equivalent as approved by the Department.

(b) Aeromedical crew members are required to participate in continuing education training for, but not limited to, the following: altitude physiology, emergency medical services and aviation communications, use of patient care equipment, protocol and procedure review and legal aspects of air transportation.

(1) Didactic continuing education shall include an annual review of:

(A) hazardous materials recognition and response.

(B) human factors - crew resource management

(C) infection control

(D) State EMS rules regarding ground and air transport.

(E) Stress recognition and management.

(2) Appropriate continuing education shall be developed and documented on an annual basis and must include:

(A) critical care (adult, pediatric, neonatal).

(B) emergency / trauma care.

(C) invasive procedure labs.

(D) emergency obstetrics

(E) prehospital scene transports.

(c) Scene or pre-hospital transports of air ambulance service shall have as a minimum, one aeromedical crew member licensed as a Paramedic.

Okla. Admin. Code § 310:641-13-8

Amended and renumbered from 310:641-3-34 Oklahoma Register, Volume 33, Issue 24, September 1, 2016, eff. 9/11/2016