Section 8132 - Advanced life support squad vehiclesSection effective 180 days after publication of notice that implementing regulations have been promulgated. See Act 2009-37, §§ 7 and 9(1) in Historical and Statutory Notes.
(a) Purpose.--An ALS squad vehicle transports EMS providers above the advanced EMT level, along with equipment and supplies, to rendezvous with an ambulance crew or to respond prior to arrival of an ambulance, in order to provide medical assessment, monitoring, treatment and observation of a patient who requires EMS at or above the skill level of an advanced EMT. An ALS squad vehicle does not transport patients.(b) Staffing requirements.--Minimum staffing for an ALS squad unit responding to a call to provide EMS for a patient who requires EMS above the skill level of an advanced EMT shall be one EMS provider above the advanced EMT level and one EMS vehicle operator, except that the EMS provider may staff the vehicle alone if the EMS provider is also an EMS vehicle operator.2009, Aug. 18, P.L. 308, No. 37, § 1.