S.D. Admin. R. 44:05:08:01

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 57, November 12, 2024

Section 44:05:08:01 - Quality assurance program standards

In addition to the chart review requirement in SDCL 34-11-11, each ambulance service that provides advanced life support, as defined in SDCL 36-4B-1, shall have the following written quality assurance standards in place that conform with industry safety and scope of practice standards:

(1) Personnel and patient safety;

(2) Use of lights and sirens during patient transport;

(3) Compliance with basic life support or medical or program director approved advanced life support patient care guidelines;

(4) Twelve lead electrocardiogram placement and transmission for patients with suspected cardiac chest pain;

(5) Blood glucose check for a patient with a suspected stroke;

(6) Documentation of at least one set of vitals on every patient transport;

(7) Review of all sentinel, or patient safety, events 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;

(8) Compliance with trauma, ST-elevation myocardial infarction, and stroke alert activations; and

(9) Medical or program director review and feedback for all:

(a) Cardiac arrest resuscitations;

(b) Patients who received rapid sequence intubation;

(c) Rescue airway placements after a failed intubation; and

(d) Pediatric patients with life threatening emergencies.

S.D. Admin. R. 44:05:08:01

51 SDR 036, effective 9/30/2024

General Authority: SDCL 34-11-5.

Law Implemented: SDCL 34-11-11(8).