Common use of EMT Clause in Contracts

EMT. Post – A designated location for ambulance placement within the System Status Plan (SSP). Depending upon its frequency and type of use, a “post” may be a facility with sleeping quarters or day rooms for crews, or simply a street-corner or parking lot location to which units are sometimes deployed. Productivity – The measures of work used in the ambulance industry that compare the used resources (unit-hours) with the production of the work product (patient transports). Productivity is expressed and calculated by determining the number of transports per unit-hours. PST - Pacific Standard Time, including Pacific Daylight Time when in effect Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) – A program that place automatic external defibrillators throughout communities. Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) – A government operated facility that receives emergency calls for assistance through the E-9-1-1 system or over private telephone lines. Response Time Exemption – A late or specified other response which when approved by MVEMSA shall be excluded from Response Time compliance calculations and financial penalties. Response Time – The actual elapsed time between receipt by the Contractor of a call that an ambulance is needed and the arrival of the ambulance at the requested location. Response Time Compliance Zone - There are five (5) Response Time Compliance Zones in the EOA. These zones may contain a mix of urban/suburban, rural and remote/wilderness Response Time Areas. Rural (Response Area)- The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are contiguous and parallel to a suburban response grid; contiguous and parallel grids located adjacent to a grid previously identified as rural and meeting the population density of 7 to 50 persons per square mile; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting rural criteria. Secondary Public Safety Answering Point - A Secondary PSAP is able to receive voice and data of an Enhanced 911 call transferred from a Primary PSAP, and to complete the 911 process by dispatching law enforcement, ambulances, firefighters or other responders. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) – A heart attack caused by the complete blockage of a heart artery. Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) – A structure for coordination between the government and local emergency response organizations. Standard of Care – The combined compilation of all priority-dispatching protocols, pre-arrival instruction protocols, medical protocols, protocols for selecting destination hospitals, standards for certification of pre-hospital personnel, as well as standards governing requirements for on- board medical equipment and supplies, and licensing of ambulance services and first responder agencies. The System Standard of Care simultaneously serves as both a regulatory and contractual standard. Suburban (Response Area)-The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are contiguous and parallel to an urban grid; a contiguous and parallel grid adjacent to a grid previously identified as suburban and meeting the population density of 51 to 99 persons per square mile; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting suburban criteria. System Status Management - A management tool to define the "unit hours" of production time, their positioning and allocation, by hour and day of week to best meet demand patterns. System Status Plan (SSP) – A planned protocol or algorithm governing the deployment and event-driven redeployment of system resources, both geographically and by time of day/day of Transport Unit Hour Utilization- A measurement of how hard and how effectively system crews are working. It is calculated by dividing the number of hours a crew spends transporting patients by the total hours worked during a shift. Unit Hour – One hour of service by fully equipped and staffed ambulance assigned to a call or available for dispatch. Unit Hour Utilization (UHU) Ratio – A measurement of how hard and how effectively the system is working. It is calculated by dividing the number of responses initiated during a given period of time, by the number of unit hours (hours of service) produced during the same period of time. Special event coverage and certain other classes of activity are excluded from these calculations. Urban (Response Area)- The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are located within the boundaries of an incorporated city, a contiguous and parallel grid adjacent to a grid that is located within the boundaries of an incorporated city, or is adjacent to a grid that abuts a grid previously identified that meets urban criteria, and that meets the population density of greater than 100 persons per square mile; any grid meeting population density criteria for suburban, rural, or wilderness designation that is surrounded on three sides by an urban grid; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting urban criteria. Unit Hour Utilization – A measure of work that compares the available resources (unit-hours) with actual time that those unit-hours are being consumed by productive activity. The measure is calculated to determine the percentage of unit-hours actually consumed in productivity with the total available unit-hours. Wilderness (Response Area) - The term used to denote a response grid that does not meet the urban, suburban, or rural area criteria. Urban Area Response to 90 percent of call each month Suburban Area Response to 90 percent of calls each month Rural Area Response to 90 percent of calls each month Wilderness (Audit each call)

EMT. Post – A designated location for ambulance placement within the System Status Plan (SSP). Depending upon its frequency and type of use, a “post” may be a facility with sleeping quarters or day rooms for crews, or simply a street-corner or parking lot location to which units are sometimes deployed. Productivity – The measures of work used in the ambulance industry that compare the used resources (unit-hours) with the production of the work product (patient transports). Productivity is expressed and calculated by determining the number of transports per unit-hours. PST - Pacific Standard Time, including Pacific Daylight Time when in effect Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) – A program that place automatic external defibrillators throughout communities. Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) – A government operated facility that receives emergency calls for assistance through the E-9-1-1 system or over private telephone lines. Response Time Exemption – A late or specified other response which when approved by MVEMSA shall be excluded from Response Time compliance calculations and financial penalties. Response Time – The actual elapsed time between receipt by the Contractor of a call that an ambulance is needed and the arrival of the ambulance at the requested location. Response Time Compliance Zone - There are five (5) Response Time Compliance Zones in the EOA. These zones may contain a mix of urban/suburban, rural and remote/wilderness Response Time Areas. Rural (Response Area)- The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are contiguous and parallel to a suburban response grid; contiguous and parallel grids located adjacent to a grid previously identified as rural and meeting the population density of 7 to 50 persons per square mile; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting rural criteria. Secondary Public Safety Answering Point - A Secondary PSAP is able to receive voice and data of an Enhanced 911 call transferred from a Primary PSAP, and to complete the 911 process by dispatching law enforcement, ambulances, firefighters or other responders. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) – A heart attack caused by the complete blockage of a heart artery. Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) – A structure for coordination between the government and local emergency response organizations. Standard of Care – The combined compilation of all priority-dispatching protocols, pre-arrival instruction protocols, medical protocols, protocols for selecting destination hospitals, standards for certification of pre-hospital personnel, as well as standards governing requirements for on- board medical equipment and supplies, and licensing of ambulance services and first responder agencies. The System Standard of Care simultaneously serves as both a regulatory and contractual standard. Suburban (Response Area)-The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are contiguous and parallel to an urban grid; a contiguous and parallel grid adjacent to a grid previously identified as suburban and meeting the population density of 51 to 99 persons per square mile; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting suburban criteria. System Status Management - A management tool to define the "unit hours" of production time, their positioning and allocation, by hour and day of week to best meet demand patterns. System Status Plan (SSP) – A planned protocol or algorithm governing the deployment and event-driven redeployment of system resources, both geographically and by time of day/day of Transport Unit Hour Utilization- A measurement of how hard and how effectively week. Every system crews are workinghas a system status plan. It is calculated by dividing the number of hours a crew spends transporting patients by the total hours worked during a shiftThe plan may or may not be written, elaborate or simple, efficient or wasteful, effective or dangerous. Unit Hour – One hour of service by fully equipped and staffed ambulance assigned to a call or available for dispatch. Unit Hour Utilization (UHU) Ratio – A measurement of how hard and how effectively the system is working. It is calculated by dividing the number of responses initiated during a given period of time, by the number of unit hours (hours of service) produced during the same period of time. Special event coverage and certain other classes of activity are excluded from these calculations. Urban (Response Area)- The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are located within the boundaries of an incorporated city, a contiguous and parallel grid adjacent to a grid that is located within the boundaries of an incorporated city, or is adjacent to a grid that abuts a grid previously identified that meets urban criteria, and that meets the population density of greater than 100 persons per square mile; any grid meeting population density criteria for suburban, rural, or wilderness designation that is surrounded on three sides by an urban grid; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting urban criteria. Unit Hour Utilization – A measure of work that compares the available resources (unit-hours) with actual time that those unit-hours are being consumed by productive activity. The measure is calculated to determine the percentage of unit-hours actually consumed in productivity with the total available unit-hours. Wilderness (Response Area) - The term used to denote a response grid that does not meet the urban, suburban, or rural area criteria. Urban Area Response to 90 percent of call each month Suburban Area Response to 90 percent of calls each month Rural Area Response to 90 percent of calls each month Wilderness (Audit each call).

EMT. Post – A designated location for ambulance placement within the System Status Plan (SSP). Depending upon its frequency and type of use, a “post” may be a facility with sleeping quarters or day rooms for crews, or simply a street-corner or parking lot location to which units are sometimes deployed. Productivity – The measures of work used in the ambulance industry that compare the used resources (unit-hours) with the production of the work product (patient transports). Productivity is expressed and calculated by determining the number of transports per unit-hours. PST - Pacific Standard Time, including Pacific Daylight Time when in effect Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) – A program that place automatic external defibrillators throughout communities. Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) – A government operated facility that receives emergency calls for assistance through the E-9-1-1 system or over private telephone lines. Response Time Exemption – A late or specified other response which when approved by MVEMSA shall be excluded from Response Time compliance calculations and financial penalties. Response Time – The actual elapsed time between receipt by the Contractor of a call that an ambulance is needed and the arrival of the ambulance at the requested location. Response Time Compliance Zone - There are five is one (51) Response Time Compliance Zones Zone in the EOAauthorized response zone. These zones may contain a mix of urban/suburban, rural and remote/wilderness Response Time Areas. Rural (Response Area)- The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are contiguous and parallel to a suburban response grid; contiguous and parallel grids located adjacent to a grid previously identified as rural and meeting the population density of 7 to 50 persons per square mile; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting rural criteria. Secondary Public Safety Answering Point - A Secondary PSAP is able to receive voice and data of an Enhanced 911 call transferred from a Primary PSAP, and to complete the 911 process by dispatching law enforcement, ambulances, firefighters or other responders. ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) – A heart attack caused by the complete blockage of a heart artery. Standardized Emergency Management System (SEMS) – A structure for coordination between the government and local emergency response organizations. Standard of Care – The combined compilation of all priority-dispatching protocols, pre-arrival instruction protocols, medical protocols, protocols for selecting destination hospitals, standards for certification of pre-hospital personnel, as well as standards governing requirements for on- board medical equipment and supplies, and licensing of ambulance services and first responder agencies. The System Standard of Care simultaneously serves as both a regulatory and contractual standard. Suburban (Response Area)-The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are contiguous and parallel to an urban grid; a contiguous and parallel grid adjacent to a grid previously identified as suburban and meeting the population density of 51 to 99 persons per square mile; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting suburban criteria. System Status Management - A management tool to define the "unit hours" of production time, their positioning and allocation, by hour and day of week to best meet demand patterns. System Status Plan (SSP) – A planned protocol or algorithm governing the deployment and event-driven redeployment of system resources, both geographically and by time of day/day of week. Every system has a system status plan. The plan may or may not be written, elaborate or simple, efficient or wasteful, effective or dangerous. Transport Unit Hour Utilization- A measurement of how hard and how effectively system crews are working. It is calculated by dividing the number of hours a crew spends transporting patients by the total hours worked during a shift. Unit Hour – One hour of service by fully equipped and staffed ambulance assigned to a call or available for dispatch. Unit Hour Utilization (UHU) Ratio – A measurement of how hard and how effectively the system is working. It is calculated by dividing the number of responses initiated during a given period of time, by the number of unit hours (hours of service) produced during the same period of time. Special event coverage and certain other classes of activity are excluded from these calculations. Urban (Response Area)- The term used to denote a response area that consists of grids that are located within the boundaries of an incorporated city, a contiguous and parallel grid adjacent to a grid that is located within the boundaries of an incorporated city, or is adjacent to a grid that abuts a grid previously identified that meets urban criteria, and that meets the population density of greater than 100 persons per square mile; any grid meeting population density criteria for suburban, rural, or wilderness designation that is surrounded on three sides by an urban grid; and connected by more than one grid to an adjacent response area meeting urban criteria. Unit Hour Utilization – A measure of work that compares the available resources (unit-hours) with actual time that those unit-hours are being consumed by productive activity. The measure is calculated to determine the percentage of unit-hours actually consumed in productivity with the total available unit-hours. Wilderness (Response Area) - The term used to denote a response grid that does not meet the urban, suburban, or rural area criteria. Urban Area Response to 90 percent of call each month Suburban Area Response to 90 percent of calls each month Rural Area Response to 90 percent of calls each month Wilderness (Audit each call).