For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT (ALS). A level of emergency services provided by an emergency medical technician-paramedic (EMT-P) trained at the level of Advanced Life Support, including resuscitation techniques such as intubations, intravenous access, and cardiac monitoring.
AMBULANCE. Any motor vehicle equipped with facilities to convey infirm or injured persons in a reclining position.
AMBULANCE AUTHORITY. The City Council for the City of White Hall, Arkansas.
AMBULANCE CONTROL CENTER. The facility designated by the authority from which all ambulances are dispatched and controlled.
AMBULANCE DISTRICT. Any of the geographic subdivisions of the city and other contracted areas established for ambulance service planning and evaluation purposes by the ambulance authority.
AMBULANCE PATIENT. Any person who is ill, infirm, injured or otherwise incapacitated, bedridden, or helpless, and requires or requests ambulance services or helicopter rescue service to or from a hospital, physician's office, nursing home, or other health care facility.
AMBULANCE PERSONNEL. Paramedics and emergency medical technicians.
AMBULANCE RUN. A patient transported by ambulance on a for-hire fee for service or prepaid capitation basis.
AMBULANCE SERVICE. Any business or service established to transport patients from one place to another within the city or other contracted area by an ambulance.
AMBULANCE SERVICE AREA. That area which is contained within the boundaries of the municipal limits of the city and the area of those jurisdictions participating by interlocal agreement in the EASI system.
BASIC LIFE SUPPORT (BLS). A level of emergency service provided by an emergency medical technician (EMT) that includes basic techniques such a bleeding control, simple airway maneuvers, and administration of oxygen.
DISPATCHER. Any person who works in the ambulance control center and dispatches ambulances.
DRIVER. Any person who is certified by the license officer to drive ambulances in the city.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN or EMT. Any person certified by the state as an emergency medical technician.
EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE. The exclusive right to engage in all emergency and non-emergency intracity patient transports and intercity and intracounty patient transports originating from within the city. This definition also includes the authority's operating area as established by interlocal agreement.
INTERCITY PATIENT TRANSPORT. An ambulance run which transports a patient from a point within the city to another city, or from another city to a point inside the city.
INTRACITY PATIENT TRANSPORT. An ambulance run which transports a patient from one point to another within the city.
LICENSE OFFICER. The authorized agent of the city.
MEDICAL AUDIT. An official inquiry into the circumstances involving an ambulance run or request for services.
PARAMEDIC. A person certified by the state as a paramedic.
RESPONSE TIME. The actual elapsed time between receipt of notification at the EMS control center that an ambulance is needed at an identifiable location and the arrival of an ambulance at that location.
SENIOR PARAMEDIC IN CHARGE. That individual among the certified personnel on board an ambulance unit who is not the driver and who is a paramedic currently certified under state law, and who is designated by his employer or immediate supervisor as the individual in command of the ambulance and its operation.
SYSTEM STATUS MANAGEMENT. The formal and orderly process of continuously locating ambulance units available for dispatch among post locations throughout the geographic area being served to maintain the best possible readiness configuration at all times.
(Ord. 507, passed 2-20-18)