Critical care transport definition

Critical care transport or “CCT” means specialty care patient transportation, when medically necessary for a critically ill or injured patient needing critical care paramedic skills, provided by an authorized ambulance service that is approved by the department to provide critical care transportation and staffed by one or more critical care paramedics or other health care professional in an appropriate specialty area.

Critical care transport means the Transfer or Transport of a Patient in an appropriately equipped Ambulance or Air Ambulance, as defined by the Permittee’s Medical Director, whose medical condition may require special observation or treatment.

Critical care transport means the interfacility transport of a patient whose condition requires care by a physician, RN or a paramedic who has received special training and approval by the MPD.

Examples of Critical care transport in a sentence

• Critical care transport: outcome evaluation after interfacility transfer and hospitalization.

• Critical care transport ambulances are available when needed in Charlotte, Concord, Hickory, Lincolnton, Kannapolis, Pineville and Monroe, NC, as well as Rock Hill, SC.

• Case history examples will be used to illustrate these aspects and the corresponding key lessons learned from their failures.

• Critical care transport (CCT) is the interfacility transportation of a critically injured or ill beneficiary by a ground ambulance vehicle, including the provision of medically necessary supplies and services, at a level of service beyond the scope of the EMT-Paramedic.

• Critical care transport services, which require specialized staffing and equipment exceeding the normal requirements for emergency ambulances, are not covered by this Contract.

More Definitions of Critical care transport

Critical care transport or “CCT” means a paramedic level service program that has received an endorsement from the department to provide specialty care patient transportation and that is staffed by one or more paramedics with a critical care paramedic endorsement from the department or that is staffed by other health care professionals in an appropriate specialty area.

Critical care transport or “CCT” means any transport of a patient where the skill level required in the care of that patient during transport exceeds the basic life support, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and paramedic level and scope of training.

Critical care transport or “CCT” means a transport during which a patient requires a level of medical care and/or observation that exceeds the standard scope of practice for EMTs and paramedics and where services are rendered by registered nurses.

Critical care transport means an interfacility transport of a patient that, due to the nature of their illness or injury, requires special procedures or medication during the transport which exceeds the paramedic scope of practice.

Critical care transport means the pre-hospital or inter-hospital transportation of a critically injured or ill patient by a vehicle service provider, including the provision of medically necessary supplies and services, at a level of service beyond the scope of the EMT-Paramedic. When medically indicated for a patient, as determined by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its branches, an advanced practice nurse, or a physician's assistant, in compliance with Section 3.155(b) and (c) of the Act, critical care transport may be provided by:

Critical care transport. (CCT) means any entity or person who transports a patient in circumstances where the skill level required in the care of that patient during export exceeds the ALS scope of training.

Critical care transport or “CCT” means a paramedic level service program that has received an endorsement from the department to provide specialty care patient transportation and staffed by one or more paramedics with critical care paramedic endorsement by the department or staffed by other health care professional in an appropriate specialty area.