NFPA 450 13:2013 Edition

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NFPA 450: Guide for Emergency Medical Services and Systems

Published By	Publication Date	Number of Pages
NFPA	2013	39

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Protect lives by designing and evaluating emergency medical services systems using the guidelines and recommendations in the 2013 NFPA 450. To serve the public and support first responders, effective provision of pre-hospital care requires the coordination and cooperation of disparate elements. To address all the diverse factors, NFPA 450: Guide for Emergency Medical Services and Systems provides guidelines, resources, and recommendations to help those interested or involved in comprehensive EMS systems development and/or design. This document also provides a framework for evaluating systems and making improvements based on that evaluation. Changes to this latest edition ensure correlation with other federal EMS documents and consistency with commonly used terminology in the EMS community, including: Clarifying the foundation of NFPA 450 and its ties with the EMS Agenda for the Future Clearly defining what on-line and off-line (direct and in-direct) medical direction is, and is not Specifying how medical oversight is to be used in an EMS system Essential for agencies that are looking to establish an EMS, this document will be useful as a template when developing an EMS system as well as in the evaluation of measurable outcomes. Everyone from local stakeholders to owners and staff of agencies and organizations, needs the latest edition of NFPA 450.

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PDF Pages	PDF Title
2	Important Notices and Disclaimers
3	Additional Notices and Disclaimers
4	2.1 General 2.2 NFPA Publications
8	Chapter 1 Administration 1.1 Scope 1.2 Purpose Chapter 2 Referenced Publications 2.3 Other Publications 2.4 References for Extracts in Advisory Sections
9	Chapter 3 Definitions 3.1 General 3.2 NFPA Official Definitions 3.3 General Definitions
11	Chapter 4 System Regulation and Policy 4.1 General 4.2 Oversight
12	4.3 Authorization 4.4 Evaluation 4.5 Roles and Responsibilities 4.6 Service Levels 4.7 Management Structure 4.8 Planning 4.9 Authority to Implement Plans 4.10 Resources 4.11 Participation in Policy Development 4.12 Authority for Policy, Procedure, and Operation 4.13 Patient Information Protection Chapter 5 EMS System Analysis and Planning 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Analysis of System Resources
13	5.3 Community Needs Analysis 5.4 System Goals and Objectives Analysis 5.5 System Design Analysis
15	5.6 Essential System Analysis Components
18	5.7 EMS System Planning 5.8 Continual Risk Assessment and Planning
19	5.9 System Assessment Cycle 5.10 Current Conditions 5.11 Data Element/Collection/Analysis/Reporting 5.12 Feedback Loop Chapter 6 Finance 6.1 Determining Cost of System
20	6.2 Method for Anticipating System Funding Sources 6.3 Use of Revenue and Cost Analysis 6.4 Financial Plans 6.5 Business Analysis 6.6 Additional Financial Issues
21	Chapter 7 Medical Oversight 7.1 General 7.2 Single Medical Authority 7.3 System Support of Medical Authority 7.4 Medical Authority Role 7.5 Medical Director Responsibilities 7.6 On-Line and Off-Line (Direct and Indirect) Medical Direction
22	7.7 Medical Director Qualifications Chapter 8 Quality Management, Clinical Quality, and Data Reliability 8.1 Quality Management Program 8.2 Performance Objectives 8.3 Public Health Outcome Parameters
23	8.4 Physician Participation 8.5 Patient Confidentiality 8.6 Injury/Illness Reduction and Prevention 8.7 Complaints 8.8 Participation in Studies and Research 8.9 System Review 8.10 Documentation 8.11 Multiple Clocks Within a System Chapter 9 Public Information, Education, and Relations (PIER) 9.1 Public Education 9.2 Public Education System Goals 9.3 Qualifications of Personnel for PIER Activities 9.4 PIER Activities 9.5 PIER Activities Related to Mass Gatherings 9.6 PIER Activities 9.7 EMS Agenda for the Future 9.8 Disaster Education 9.9 Collaborative Efforts
24	9.10 Identification of Available Public Media Resources 9.11 Identification of Funding Resources Chapter 10 Communications 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Access of Emergency Services 10.3 Lead Agency 10.4 Centralized Communication Plan 10.5 Computer-Aided Dispatch 10.6 Capture of Key Data Elements
25	10.7 Quality Management 10.8 Communications Equipment 10.9 Operability 10.10 Criteria-Based Dispatch 10.11 Training 10.12 Direct Medical Control 10.13 Nonemergency Services Chapter 11 Equipment and Facilities 11.1 Standard for First Response and Ambulance Transportation 11.2 Replacement Plan 11.3 Response Vehicle Licenses 11.4 Inspecting Emergency Equipment 11.5 Personnel Education and Training 11.6 Maintenance Plans
26	11.7 Maintenance Personnel for Emergency Equipment 11.8 Response Facilities Chapter 12 Human Resources 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Recruitment 12.3 Education/Training/Certification 12.4 Retention 12.5 Personnel 12.6 Rules and Regulations 12.7 Health and Safety
27	Chapter 13 Operations 13.1 Implementation of System Design (Operations) 13.2 System Preparation 13.3 Communications Coordination 13.4 Response Coordination 13.5 Incident Management 13.6 Treatment Guidelines 13.7 Patient Destination (Transport) 13.8 Functional Capabilities of Health Care Facilities 13.9 Coordinated Medical Oversight 13.10 Quality Management/Documentation 13.11 Logistics 13.12 Staff Management 13.13 Public Information, Education, and Relations 13.14 Regulatory Compliance 13.15 Automatic and Mutual Aid 13.16 Alternative Patient Transport 13.17 Training
28	13.18 Emergency Response Planning 13.19 Joint Coordination and Planning 13.20 Research and Development Annex A Explanatory Material Annex B Informational References
33	Index