NAC450B.766. Submission of information by licensee who provides emergency medical care at scene of injury.

     1. A licensee providing emergency medical care at the scene of an injury shall submit to:

     (a) The Health Division, information concerning patients with traumas who are not transported to a receiving hospital or a center for the treatment of trauma; and

     (b) The receiving hospital or center for the treatment of trauma, information concerning a patient with trauma upon the delivery of that patient to the receiving hospital or center for the treatment of trauma.

     2. The information required by subsection 1 must be submitted in a format approved by the Health Division.

     3. Information concerning treatment received before admission to a hospital must include at least the following:

     (a) The date and estimated time of the injury.

     (b) The date and time the call for emergency medical care was received.

     (c) The time the person providing emergency medical care arrived at the scene of the injury.

     (d) The time of physical access to the injury by the licensee providing emergency medical care.

     (e) The location of the scene of the injury, including the city or county and the state, in a format prescribed by the Health Division.

     (f) The cause of the injury.

     (g) Any safety restraints or protective equipment used.

     (h) The permit number and name of the ambulance service that transported the patient to a receiving hospital or a center for the treatment of trauma.

     (i) The patient’s:

          (1) Age.

          (2) Gender.

          (3) Residential code assigned pursuant to the Federal Information Processing Standards, or the city or county and the state of his or her residence.

          (4) Vital signs, including his or her:

               (I) Blood pressure;

               (II) Pulse rate; and

               (III) Respiratory rate.

     (j) Other clinical signs which are appropriate to determine the patient’s revised trauma score or as may be requested by the Health Division.

     (k) The receiving hospital or medical facility of initial destination.

     (l) The criteria used in performing triage.

     (m) The emergency medical procedures performed or initiated.

     (n) The patient’s revised trauma score at the scene of the injury.

     (o) The time of departure from the scene of the injury.

     (p) The time of arrival at a center for the treatment of trauma or another receiving facility.

     4. As used in this section, “patient with trauma” has the meaning ascribed to it in NAC 450B.798.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 3-15-88; A 8-10-90; R182-01, 3-5-2002; R139-07, 1-30-2008)