HF 386 (LSB 2434YH (2) 85)

HOUSE FILE 386

BY  KRESSIG

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the development of uniform preliminary cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions for utilization by public safety answering point personnel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  147A.18  E911 communications —— preliminary cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions —— training.
   The department shall coordinate with the E911 program manager appointed pursuant to section 34A.2A to develop a training program to facilitate provision of uniform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions over the telephone by a person receiving enhanced 911 service calls at a public safety answering point after dispatching the calls to the appropriate public or private safety agency and prior to the arrival of emergency medical services personnel. The department shall develop uniform written instructions which shall be posted at each public safety answering point in this state, and shall determine by rule necessary training for public safety answering point personnel and the method by which that training shall be administered.
EXPLANATION
   This bill directs the Iowa department of public health, in coordination with the E911 program manager, to develop a training program to facilitate provision of uniform basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation instructions over the telephone by a person receiving enhanced 911 service calls at a public safety answering point. The instructions could be delivered after dispatch of calls to the appropriate public or private safety agency and prior to the arrival of emergency medical services personnel. The bill requires the department to develop uniform written instructions which shall be posted at each public safety answering point in Iowa, and to determine by rule necessary training for public safety answering point personnel and the method by which that training shall be administered.