As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Advanced emergency medical care" means such medical procedures as:
a. Administration of intravenous solutions.
b. Intubation.
c. Performance of cardiac defibrillation and synchronized cardioversion.
d. Administration of emergency drugs as provided by rule by the department.
e. Any other medical procedure approved by the department, by rule, as appropriate to be performed by advanced emergency medical care providers who have been trained in that procedure.
2. "Advanced emergency medical care provider" means an individual trained to provide advanced emergency medical care at the first-responder-defibrillation, EMT- defibrillation, EMT-intermediate, EMT-paramedic level or other certification levels adopted by rule by the department, who has been issued a certificate by the department.
3. "Board" means the board of medical examiners appointed pursuant to section 147.14, subsection 2.
4. "Department" means the Iowa department of public health.
5. "Director" means the director of the Iowa department of public health.
6. "EMT" is an abbreviation used in lieu of the term "emergency medical technician".
7. "Physician" means an individual licensed under chapter 148, 150, or 150A.
[C79, 81, § 147A.1]
84 Acts, ch 1287, § 1; 86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1142; 89 Acts, ch 89, §6; 93 Acts, ch 58, § 7
Referred to in § 85.61, 139B.1, 141.22A, 321.423, 724.6
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