147A.1 - DEFINITIONS.
147A.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
2. "Director" means the director of the Iowa department of
public health.
3. "Emergency medical care" means such medical procedures as:
a. Administration of intravenous solutions.
b. Intubation.
c. Performance of cardiac defibrillation and synchronized
cardioversion.
d. Administration of emergency drugs as provided by rule by
the department.
e. Any other medical procedure approved by the department, by
rule, as appropriate to be performed by emergency medical care
providers who have been trained in that procedure.
4. "Emergency medical care provider" means an individual
trained to provide emergency and nonemergency medical care at the
first-responder, EMT-basic, EMT-intermediate, EMT-paramedic level, or
other certification levels adopted by rule by the department, who has
been issued a certificate by the department.
5. "Emergency medical services" or "EMS" means an
integrated medical care delivery system to provide emergency and
nonemergency medical care at the scene or during out-of-hospital
patient transportation in an ambulance.
6. "Emergency medical services instructor" means an
individual who has successfully completed an EMS curriculum
determined in rules in accordance with chapter 17A by the director
and subject to the approval of the state board of health.
7. "Emergency medical services medical director" means a
physician licensed under chapter 148, who is responsible for overall
medical direction of an emergency medical services program and who
has completed a medical director workshop, sponsored by the
department, within one year of assuming duties. An emergency medical
services medical director who receives no compensation for the
performance of the director's volunteer duties under this chapter
shall be considered a state volunteer as provided in section 669.24
while performing volunteer duties as an emergency medical services
medical director.
8. "Emergency rescue technician" or "ERT" means an
individual trained in various rescue techniques including but not
limited to extrication from vehicles and agricultural rescue, and who
has successfully completed a curriculum approved by the department in
cooperation with the Iowa fire service institute.
9. "First responder" or "FR" means an individual trained
in patient-stabilizing techniques, through the use of initial
emergency medical care procedures and skills prior to the arrival of
an ambulance, pursuant to rules established by the department and who
is currently certified as a first responder by the department.
10. "Physician" means an individual licensed under chapter
148. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 147A.1] Section History: Recent Form
84 Acts, ch 1287, § 1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1142; 89 Acts, ch 89,
§6; 93 Acts, ch 58, § 7; 95 Acts, ch 41, §9; 99 Acts, ch 141, §21;
2008 Acts, ch 1088, §99; 2009 Acts, ch 56, §3
Referred to in § 85.36, 85.61, 97B.49B, 100B.14, 100B.31, 139A.2,
141A.1, 144A.2, 321.423, 708.3A, 724.6