37.104.206    TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT KIT

(1) A transportation and equipment kit must include the following equipment and supplies:

(a) one suction unit, either portable or permanently installed, which operates either electrically or by engine vacuum and includes all necessary operating accessories;

(b) an oxygen supply administration system containing a minimum of 1,000 liters of oxygen;

(c) one sterile disposable humidifier;

(d) one rigid pharyngeal suction tip;

(e) one long spinal immobilization device with patient securing materials;

(f) one lower extremity traction device;

(g) two lower extremity rigid splints;

(h) two upper extremity rigid splints;

(i) one ambulance cot with at least two restraining straps and, with the exception of an air ambulance litter, four wheels and the capability of elevating the head; and

(j) clean linen for the primary cot and for replacement.

History: 50-6-323, MCA; IMP, 50-6-323, MCA; NEW, 2005 MAR p. 2681, Eff. 12/23/05.