Section 836IAC1-2.1-3. Definitions

   The following definitions apply throughout this rule:

(1) "ACS" means the American College of Surgeons, 633 N. Saint Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611-3211.

(2) "Hospital" means a hospital that is licensed under IC 16-21-2 or another hospital, located in Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, that is licensed under a statute in that state that is substantially equivalent to IC 16-21-2, or another hospital, located in Ohio that is legally operating under the laws of the state of Ohio and that provides substantially the same level of care as an Indiana hospital that is licensed under IC 16-21-2.

(3) "Field triage decision scheme" means the document incorporated by reference in section 6 of this rule.

(4) "Incident" means the site where the conditions requiring emergency medical services occurred.

(5) "Protocol" means a written guidance, prepared by the provider's medical director, detailing trauma field triage and transport destination procedures that shall be based on the field triage decision scheme.

(6) "Transport time" means the time from when the patient has been placed in the ambulance and the ambulance is ready to depart the incident and ends when the patient's care is transferred to the hospital.

(7) "Trauma center" means a hospital that is verified by the ACS as meeting its requirements to be a trauma center, or is designated a trauma center under a state designation system that is substantially equivalent to the ACS verification process, or is in the ACS verification process.

(8) "Trauma center care" means care provided to patients at a high risk of dying or serious injury, as determined by reference to the field triage decision scheme and medical judgment.

(Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission; 836 IAC 1-2.1-3; filed Jul 9, 2012, 2:52 p.m.: 20120808-IR-836100628FRA; errata filed Nov 2, 2012, 10:30 a.m.: 20121128-IR-836120588ACA)