Section 29-557. CLINICAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT REPORTS

 

557.1 Each Emergency Medical Services Agency shall file an annual report, due no earlier than January 1 and not later than March 1 of each year, which shall state the number EMS incidents to which the Emergency Medical Services Agency responded to in the prior calendar year and the number of ambulance collisions for the same time period.

 

557.2 Each of the following incidents shall be reported to the District EMS Officer no later than seventy-two (72) hours after discovery:

 

(a) Unexpected loss of physical or mental function of the patient;

 

(b) Administration of incorrect medication to the patient, regardless of the outcome;

 

(c) Administration of an incorrect dose of medication to the patient, regardless of the outcome;

 

(d) Termination of resuscitation in the field;

 

(e) Pediatric cardiac arrest;

 

(f) Invocation of a District EMS Comfort Care Order/Do Not Resuscitate Order;
 

(g) Denial or refusal of transport to or by any patient with a Glasgow Coma Score of fourteen (14) or less at the time of denial or refusal;
 

(h) An ambulance involved in motor vehicle collision while in service;

 

(i) Positive results on an EMS provider drug test; and

 

(j) Any incident that the Director has determined to threaten public safety.

 

 

authority

Section 24 of the Emergency Medical Services Act of 2008 (Act), effective March 25, 2009 (D.C. Law 17-357; D.C. Official Code § 7-2341.23 (2012 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 2009-89, dated June 1, 2009.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 60 DCR 16569 (December 6, 2013).