§ 10:400. Definitions.

Advanced life support means advanced prehospital emergency medical care rendered by personnel certified at the EMT-advanced or the EMT-paramedic level and working under protocols approved by the East Baton Rouge Parish Medical Society.

Air ambulance means any aircraft, either fixed-wing or rotary-winged, designed and operated as a part of a regular course of conduct or business to transport a sick or injured individual or which is advertised or otherwise held out to the public as such.

Ambulance means any authorized emergency vehicle, equipped with warning devices, designed and operated as a part of a regular course of conduct or business to transport a sick or injured individual or which is advertised or otherwise held out to the public as such. "Ambulance" shall not mean a hearse or other funeral home vehicle utilized for the transportation of the dead.

Ambulance operations means the provision of ambulance services when the point of origin of such service is within the parish.

Ambulance service means any person, firm, association, or government entity owning, controlling, or operating any business or service which furnishes, operates, conducts, maintains, advertises, engages in, proposes to engage in, or professes to engage in the business or service of transporting, in ambulances, individuals who may need medical attention during transport.

Basic life support means a basic level of prehospital emergency medical care rendered by personnel certified at the EMT-basic level.

Licensed emergency medical technician means any person who has successfully completed a basic emergency medical technician training course approved by the department of transportation and the Louisiana Department of Health and is currently certified by the bureau of emergency medical services of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Licensed advanced emergency medical technician means any person who has successfully completed an advanced emergency medical technician training course approved by the department of transportation and the Louisiana Department of Health, and is currently state certified by the bureau of emergency medical services of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Licensed paramedic means any person who has successfully completed an emergency medical technician paramedic training course approved by the department of transportation and the Louisiana Department of Health, and is currently state certified by the bureau of emergency medical services of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Communication center means the communication center operated by the communications district and the city-parish government.

Department of EMS means the East Baton Rouge Parish Department of Emergency Medical Services.

Driver means any person who drives an ambulance.

Emergency 911 system means that system of communications operated by the city and/or parish that receives the requests for assistance from citizens who access the system through a "911" telephone number.

Emergency means a patient's condition that requires immediate medical, surgical or psychiatric intervention which must be responded to immediately.

Emergency medical communications system means the two-way communications systems used to transmit prehospital patient care information between ambulances or paramedic units and medical facilities within the parish.

Interfacility transport means the movement of a patient from one healthcare facility to another in a licensed ground or air ambulance. The medical direction of an interfacility transport is a shared responsibility between the patient's origin and the patient's destination.

Medical control means the direct communication between a licensed physician and a licensed emergency medical services practitioner or the capture of medical recordings to be transmitted to an appropriate facility.

Medical facility means any in-patient nursing home, hospital, diagnostic center, or treatment center that is licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health.

Non-emergency means all medical care which is non-emergent in nature as defined above.

Owner or operator means a person who owns or operates an ambulance.

Paramedic unit means the ambulances operated and staffed by the parish department of EMS.

Private community event means an event sponsored by a private company or organization on privately owned or leased property.

Protocols means standing order prehospital emergency medical procedures approved by the parish medical society and in accordance with R.S. 40:1133.14.

Specialty care transport means an interfacility transfer of a critically ill or injured patient that requires specialized treatment interventions, monitoring and/or staffing with specially trained personnel.

(Ord. No. 9234, 2-13-91; Ord. No. 15285, § 1, 3-28-12; Ord. No. 16880, § 1, 8-8-18)