§ 3062 — Definitions

§ 3062. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Emergency medical care" means the initial management, treatment,\nand transfer of suddenly ill or injured patients.\n 2. "Trauma care" means health care provided to patients at high risk\nof death or disability from multiple and severe injuries.\n 3. "Emergency patient" means any patient making an unscheduled visit\nto a hospital emergency facility for emergency medical care.\n 4. "Emergency department" means a hospital department consisting of\nstaff, facilities, and resources to provide emergency medical care for\nlarge numbers of emergency patients.\n 5. "Emergency service" means a hospital department consisting of\nstaff, facilities, and resources to provide emergency medical care for\nsmall numbers of emergency patients.\n 6. "Emergency physician" means a staff physician providing emergency\nmedical care in an emergency department or emergency service.\n 7. "Emergency nurse" means a staff nurse providing nursing services in\nan emergency department or emergency service.\n 8. "Trauma patient" means a patient at high risk of death or\ndisability from multiple and severe injuries.\n 9. "Trauma system" means an organized health care system to provide\ntrauma care in, or en route to, from, or between general hospitals or\nother health care facilities.\n 10. "Trauma center" means a facility capable of providing definitive\ntrauma care.\n 11. "Trauma station" means a facility capable of providing\nsustentative trauma care followed by expeditious transfer to a trauma\ncenter.\n 12. "Trauma surgeon" means a staff surgeon providing trauma care in a\ntrauma center or trauma station or during aeromedical transport.\n 13. "Trauma nurse" means a staff nurse providing nursing services in a\ntrauma center or trauma station, or during aeromedical transport.\n 14. "Prehospital transport" means emergency ambulance transport from\nthe scene of a sudden illness or injury requiring emergency medical care\nor trauma care to a general hospital or other health care facility,\nconducted in accordance with article thirty of this chapter.\n 15. "Interfacility transfer" means emergency ambulance transport from,\nto, or between general hospitals or other health care facilities,\nconducted in accordance with article thirty of this chapter.\n 16. "Aeromedical transport" means prehospital transport or\ninterfacility transfer conducted in rotary wing or fixed wing aircraft.\n 17. "Transport system" means an organized health care and\ntransportation system to provide prehospital transport and interfacility\ntransfer to critically ill or injured patients.\n 18. "Critically ill or injured" means at high risk of dying from\nillnesses or injuries.\n 19. "Disaster preparedness" means the state of readiness necessary to\nrespond to natural or man-made disasters, including but not limited to\nbiologic, nuclear, incendiary, chemical, and explosive disasters.\n 20. "Interoperability" means the capacity of all emergency medical,\ntrauma care, and disaster preparedness response systems to collaborate\nand communicate during an emergency, trauma, or disaster response.\n 21. "State hospital review and planning council" means the state\nhospital review and planning council established by section twenty-nine\nhundred four of this chapter.\n 22. "State emergency medical services council" means the state\nemergency medical services council established by section three thousand\ntwo of this chapter.\n 23. "State emergency medical advisory committee" means the state\nemergency medical advisory committee established by section three\nthousand two-a of this chapter.\n 24. "State trauma advisory committee" means the state trauma advisory\ncommittee continued by this article.\n 25. "Regional emergency medical services council" means a regional\nemergency medical services council established by section three thousand\nthree of this chapter.\n 26. "Regional emergency medical advisory committee" means a regional\nemergency medical advisory committee established by section three\nthousand four-a of this chapter.\n 27. "Regional trauma advisory committee" means a regional trauma\nadvisory committee continued or established by this article.\n 28. "Regional trauma program agency" means an entity that may be\ncontracted by the department to assist the department in providing the\nways and means necessary for a regional trauma advisory committee to\nperform the duties specified under this article.\n