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0 0 KOK 10 396 AMBULANCE SERVICE PROCEDURES POLI Article I Purpose The purpose of these policies is to provide Lee County Ambulance personnel criteria for responding to calls for assistance in a uniform and equitable manner. Article II Hist Over a period of years, numerous questions have arisen about procedures used by the Ambulance Service of Lee County regarding their interaction with the public. Lack of clarity of action to be taken in certain situations have forced the Ambulance Director and in some cases the Ambulance Personnel to make decisions that they had no authority to do under their job descriptions. In August of 1981, the Lee County Board of Commissioners addressed the problem and began studying the possibility of establishing a committee that could formulate draft policies or recommendations of policies that would be used as a basis for the operation of the Ambulance Service in its dealings with the public. The Committee was formed on September 8, 1981 and immediately set to work dealing with the various problems at hand. On November 16, 1981, recommendations were presented to the Lee County Board of Commissioners and the recommendations were adopted during the same meeting. This policy is a result of those recommendations. Article III In-Cou Section 1. In responding to emergency calls, the Lee County Ambulance Service will transport patients to Central Carolina Hospital Inc., Emergency Room subject only to exceptions listed below: a. On written order of a local physician a patient may be transported to another hospital within a 75 mile radius. b. When a patient has immediate need of equipment not readily available at the local hospital the patient may be transported to the nearest facility where such equipment is available. c. On occasions where a particular medical specialty is required and where such specialty is not readily available to the patient at the local facility, the patient may be transported to the nearest facility where such specialty is available. Section 2. Non-Emergency a. Non-emergency calls within the county will be handled as second priority to emergency calls in the same manner as outlined for emergencies. b. Non-emergency transfers of a patient directly to a doctor's office may be made on request of the physician only in such cases that the patient's physical condition (i.e., traction or splint) would render transportation by car extremely difficult.