Upcoming Policies and Standing Orders

 

Policy and Standing Order Update - October 2023

• #4752 New Policies and Clarifications/Updates of Existing EMS Documents

 

EMS Policies Effective on April 1, 2024 (Initial Release Date in Parentheses)

• 310.00  911 Advanced Life Support Base Contact, Standing Order, and Transport Criteria (10/2023)

• 310.30  Trauma Triage (10/2023)

• 310.31  Trauma Triage Algorithm: Blunt or Penetrating Injury (10/2023)

• 330.57  Application of Restraints by EMS Personnel (10/2023)

• 355.00  Approval to Use OCEMS EMT and Paramedic Scope of Practice During Scheduled and Special Event Standby (10/2023)

• 430.10  Accreditation to Practice - Paramedic (10/2023)

• 430.15  Accreditation to Practice - Air Rescue Personnel Criteria (DELETED)

• 430.20  Accreditation to Practice - Tactical Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) Personnel Criteria (DELETED)

• 505.00  Orange County Ambulance Drivers/Attendant License - Training Program Requirements (10/2023)

• 510.00  Emergency Medical Technician Training Program Criteria (10/2023)

• 510.00  Emergency Medical Technician Training Program Application, Attachment 1 (10/2023)

• 510.05  EMS Monitoring of Approved Training Programs (10/2023)

• 510.10  EMT Skills Competency Verification (10/2023)

• 510.10  EMT Skills Competency Verifiers, Attachment A (10/2023)

• 530.00  EMS Continuing Education (CE) Provider Approval (10/2023)

• 530.00  Application for Authorization as Approved Provider of Prehospital CE, Attachment 1 (10/2023)

• 535.00  First Aid and CPR Training Program Criteria for Public Safety Personnel (10/2023)

• 645.00  Suspension or Revocation of Specialty Center, ERC, Training Program, Base Hospital, or 911/IFT ALS Provider Designation (10/2023)

• 720.30  Ambulance Rules and Regulations - Ground Ambulance Design/Documentation/Equipment (10/2023)

• 720.50  Ambulance Rules and Regulations - Ground Ambulance Vehicle Inspections and Permits (10/2023)

 

EMS Procedures Effective on April 1, 2024 (Initial Release Date in Parentheses)

• B-060  Imminent Childbirth in the Field (10/2023)

• PR-03  Estimate of Body Surface Area Burned and Disposition (10/2023)

• PR-040  Pregnancy Emergency Delivery (10/2023) 

 

EMS Standing Orders Effective on April 1, 2024 (Initial Release Date in Parentheses)

• SO-M-25 Suspected Acute Stroke or Intracranial Hemorrhage (Stroke Triage Criteria) (10/2023)

• SO-P-85  Substance Overdose/Poisoning - Pediatrics (10/2023)

• SO-T-10  Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest - Adult/Adolescent (10/2023)