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class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=44:05:08:01"><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000000">44:05:08:01</span></a><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000001">.  Quality assurance program standards.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0"> </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">In addition to the chart review requirement in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-11"><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000002">34-11-11</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">, each ambulance service that provides advanced life support, as defined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=36-4B-1"><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000002">36-4B-1</span></a><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">, shall have the following written quality assurance standards in place that conform with industry safety and scope of practice standards:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">(1)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Personnel and patient safety</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    (2)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Use of lights and sirens during patient transport</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">(3)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Compliance with basic life support or medical or program director approved advanced life support patient care guidelines</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    (4)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Twelve lead </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000004">electrocardiogram</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0"> placement and transmission for patients with suspected cardiac chest pain</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    (5)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Blood glucose check for a patient with a suspected stroke</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    (6)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Documentation of at least one set of vitals on every patient transport</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    (7)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Review of all sentinel, or patient safety, events </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000005">not primarily related to the natural course of a patient s illness or underlying condition, that reaches a patient and results in death, severe or permanent harm</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000005">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000005">    (8)  </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Compliance with trauma, </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000004">ST-elevation myocardial infarction</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">, and stroke alert activations; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    (9)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Medical or program director review and feedback for all</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">        (a)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Cardiac arrest resuscitations</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">        (b)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Patients who received rapid sequence intubation</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">;</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">        (c)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Rescue airway placements after a failed intubation; and</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">        (d)  </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">Pediatric patients with life threatening emergencies</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3d000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000001">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0"> </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">51 SDR 36, effective September 30, 2024</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000001">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-5"><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000002">34-11-5</span></a><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">    </span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000001">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=34-11-11"><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0-000002">34-11-11</span></a><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">(8)</span><span class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dC0">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3dP0"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s5faaec3f-8b54-47df-b093-a7b19ae0bb3d000003"> </span></p></div></body></html>