ALS Mandate. A. Contractor shall utilize ALS Ambulances to provide services under this Agreement on a twenty-four (24) hour per day basis in response to all life-threatening emergencies, non-life-threatening emergencies and non-emergency interfacility transfers requiring ALS Transport when dispatched by an authorized EMS dispatch center.
B. Each ALS Ambulance shall be staffed with two personnel, at least one of whom shall be licensed, and Stanislaus County accredited as a paramedic. The second crew member shall be another licensed paramedic or certified EMT who has completed an additional curriculum approved by the MVEMSA. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, because this Agreement requires the Contractor to respond at the ALS level to all emergency calls, the Contractor shall bill the ALS rate except where prohibited by law (e.g., Medicare or Medicaid), or where a patient meets Contractor’s Compassionate Care Policy.
C. Contractor will assist MVEMSA to explore the efficiency and financial viability of implementing a two-tiered system in Stanislaus County in collaboration with dispatch. 9-1-1 emergency medical requests will be evaluated through the EMD process, based on protocols approved by the MVEMSA Medical Director, to determine the acuity of the patients and will determine the level of the response, which may in the future include a BLS level ambulance 9-1-1 response.
ALS Mandate. A. Contractor shall utilize ALS Ambulances to provide services under this Agreement on a twenty-four (24) hour per day basis in response to all life-threatening emergencies, non- life-threatening emergencies and non-emergency interfacility transfers requiring ALS Transport when dispatched by an authorized EMS dispatch center. Each ALS Ambulance shall be staffed with two personnel, at least one of whom shall be licensed, and Stanislaus County accredited as a paramedic. The second crew member shall be another licensed paramedic or certified EMT who has completed an additional curriculum approved by the MVEMSA. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, because this Agreement requires the Contractor to respond at the ALS level to all emergency calls, the Contractor shall xxxx the ALS rate except where prohibited by law.
B. Contractor will assist MVEMSA to explore the efficiency and financial viability of implementing a two-tiered system in Stanislaus County in collaboration with dispatch. 9- 1-1 emergency medical requests would be evaluated through the EMD process, based on protocols approved by the MVEMSA Medical Director, to determine the acuity of the patients to determine the level of the response, which may in the future include a BLS level ambulance 9-1-1 response.
