NORTH COAST EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES Policy # 3304

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

Subject: Manpower/Training

Early Defibrillation Training Structure

and Instructor Qualifications

I. Authority and Reference (incorporated herein by reference)

A. Division 2.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

B. Title 22, Code of Regulations, Chapters 1.5 and 2 of Division 9.

C. North Coast Emergency Medical Services Policies and Procedures.

II. Purpose

To establish qualifications for sponsoring an Early Defibrillation

Training Program, and to articulate the management structure and

instructor qualifications of approved programs.

III. Training Program Qualifications

Early Defibrillation Training Programs may be sponsored by any of the

following institutions, inclusive:

A. Accredited universities and colleges, school districts,

regional occupational training programs, and private post-secondary

schools.

B. Medical training units of a branch of the Armed Forces or

Coast Guard.

C. Licensed general acute care hospitals.

D. Agencies of government.

E. Public safety agencies.

F. Local EMS agencies.

IV. Each Early Defibrillation Training Program is required to provide for

the functions of administrative direction, medical quality coordination,

and actual program instruction. One or more persons, as qualified, are

required to be responsible for the following specific functions and

shall be approved for that function by North Coast EMS.

A. An Early Defibrillation Training Program shall have a Program

Director who is qualified by education and experience in methods,

materials, and evaluation of instruction.

B. An Early Defibrillation Training Program shall have a Program

Clinical Coordinator. This person shall be either a Physician,

Physician Assistant, or Registered Nurse currently licensed in the

State of California with two (2) years experience in emergency

medical care in the last five (5) years.

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Subject: Manpower/Training

Early Defibrillation Training Structure

and Instructor Qualifications

C. An Early Defibrillation Training Program shall have a Principal

Instructor who shall be a currently California-licensed/certified

Physician, Registered Nurse, Physician Assistant, EMT-P, or EMT-II.

The Principal Instructor shall have at least two (2) years of

academic or clinical experience in the practice of emergency medical

care or prehospital care in the last five (5) years.

D. An Early Defibrillation Training Program may have one or more

teaching assistants, who are qualified by training and experience to

assist with teaching of the course.

Approved: Date:

Approved As to Form: Date: