NAC449.9902. Emergency equipment and supplies.

     1. An ambulatory surgical center must be equipped with:

     (a) A cardiac defibrillator;

     (b) A tracheostomy or cricothyroidotomy set;

     (c) A mobile cart which contains the equipment and supplies specified by the medical staff pursuant to subsection 3;

     (d) If the ambulatory surgical center provides services to pediatric patients who are less than 9 years of age, the equipment and supplies specified by the medical staff pursuant to subsection 3 needed to treat a pediatric patient during an emergency;

     (e) If general anesthesia is provided at the ambulatory surgical center or if the center offers to patients a triggering agent for malignant hyperthermia, a mobile cart which contains the equipment and supplies specified by the medical staff pursuant to subsection 3 needed to treat a patient with malignant hyperthermia;

     (f) In addition to the mobile cart required by paragraph (e), if general anesthesia is provided at the ambulatory surgical center, the equipment and supplies specified by the medical staff pursuant to subsection 3 needed to manage a difficult airway of a patient; and

     (g) Such other emergency medical equipment and supplies as are specified by the members of the medical staff pursuant to subsection 3.

     2. A person trained:

     (a) In the use of emergency equipment;

     (b) In advanced cardiac life support; and

     (c) If the ambulatory surgical center provides services to pediatric patients less than 9 years of age, in pediatric advanced life support,

Ê must be on the premises of the ambulatory surgical center and immediately available at all times when there is a patient in the center. As used in this subsection, “immediately available” means that the person is able to respond rapidly to an emergency.

     3. The medical staff of the ambulatory surgical center shall annually review and prescribe the equipment and supplies which must be available pursuant to subsection 1, including, without limitation, equipment and supplies frequently used in hospitals at the sites of medical and surgical emergencies for life support protocols to potentially save the life of a patient.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R049-99, eff. 9-27-99; A by R181-09 & R170-12, 10-4-2013)