CHAPTER 44:68:03
PRE-HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICES TRIAGE AND TREATMENT PROTOCOLS
Section
44:68:03:01 Local emergency medical services transport plan.
44:68:03:02 Content of transport plan.
44:68:03:03 Triage.
44:68:03:04 Treatment protocols.
44:68:03:01. Local emergency medical services transport plan.
Each emergency medical service shall develop and implement a local emergency
medical service transport plan for the transport of trauma team alert patients.
The LEMSTP shall be approved by each participating health care entity named in
the plan and the medical director of the emergency medical service. The final
LEMSTP shall be submitted to the department for approval. The LEMSTP shall be
updated and submitted to the department at least every five years, and if the
LEMSTP is revised.
Source:
35 SDR 304, effective June 29, 2009.
General
Authority: SDCL 34-12-54.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 34-12-53, 34-12-54.
44:68:03:02. Content of transport plan. The LEMSTP shall include:
(1) The name of the ambulance service;
(2) The city where the ambulance service is located;
(3) Name of person completing the transport plan;
(4) The date the transport plan was completed;
(5) Hospital resources, including designated trauma hospitals in response area;
(6) Other resources, including rugged and technical rescue or special rescue capability or biohazard decontamination capability;
(7) Additional resources, including ground ambulance service, quick response units, rescue and extrication units, air medical services, and first responder groups;
(8) A service area map;
(9) The trauma transport protocol, by zones if applicable;
(10) The criteria utilized to activate a trauma team alert;
(11) The criteria utilized to activate mutual aid or ALS by ground and air; and
(12) A signature page including the signatures of:
(a) The ambulance service chief officer;
(b) The ambulance service medical director; and
(c) The primary receiving hospital trauma coordinator.
Transport plans will be made available to any licensed trauma hospital in South Dakota.
Source: 35 SDR 304, effective June 29, 2009; 42 SDR 97, effective January 4, 2016.
General Authority: SDCL 34-12-54.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-53, 34-12-54.
44:68:03:03. Triage. Each emergency medical service shall
adopt triage guidelines that include processes for identifying patients based
on severity of injury and for prioritizing patients for treatment and
transport. These guidelines shall be used for any event that places significant
demand on local resources, be it equipment or personnel.
Source:
35 SDR 304, effective June 29, 2009.
General
Authority: SDCL 34-12-54.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 34-12-53, 34-12-54.
44:68:03:04. Treatment protocols. Each emergency medical service shall adopt trauma patient treatment protocols that have been reviewed and approved by the service medical director. These protocols shall meet the most recent edition of the South Dakota Department of Health EMS Pre-Hospital Treatment Guidelines, 3rd Edition, 2010.
Source: 35 SDR 304, effective June 29, 2009; 42 SDR 97, effective January 4, 2016.
General Authority: SDCL 34-12-54.
Law Implemented: SDCL 34-12-53, 34-12-54.
Reference: South Dakota Department of Health EMT Pre-Hospital Treatment Guidelines, 3rd Edition, 2010. Copies may be obtained at no cost from the South Dakota Department of Health, 600 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501 or online at http://doh.sd.gov/documents/EMS/EMT-BasicGuidelines.pdf.
