NAC449.61354. Contents of treatment rooms; accessibility to person in wheelchair.

     1. Each treatment room in an independent center for emergency medical care must contain:

     (a) Cabinets for the storage of supplies and equipment;

     (b) A sink for washing hands;

     (c) A sink for dirty equipment or an area designated for the cleaning and handling of dirty equipment which is separate from the sink for washing hands;

     (d) A work counter;

     (e) Sufficient space for a stretcher; and

     (f) Emergency medical equipment and supplies necessary to perform critical procedures and resuscitation in a cardiopulmonary or traumatic emergency, including, without limitation:

          (1) A device for monitoring the electrical activity of the heart with the capability of performing manual defibrillation and external cardiac pacing;

          (2) Equipment for the advanced management of a patient’s airway including a laryngoscope, and blades and endotracheal tubes in sizes for infants, children and adults;

          (3) A sterile tray with tracheostomy tubes in sizes for infants, children and adults necessary to create an emergency surgical airway;

          (4) Sterile needles, tubing and other equipment necessary to administer intravenous and intraosseous therapy for infants and children and specialized procedures to stabilize the vital signs of a patient;

          (5) Apparatus for the suction of an airway with wide-bore tubing and rigid pharyngeal suction tips and assorted sizes of sterile suction catheters;

          (6) Devices to stabilize a patient’s neck in sizes for infants, children and adults; and

          (7) A sterile tray and equipment necessary to insert a tube into a patient’s chest, appropriate for the age, size and sex of the patient, for drainage of the chest cavity.

     2. Each treatment room must be located near a toilet which is easily accessible for a person in a wheelchair.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 11-1-95)