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They are intended to be the framework of decisions for the EMS system. They are the guidelines for the actions of all EMS personnel within the system. It is understood that deviations from the Policies and Procedures may be necessary in the interest of assuring that a patient receives appropriate care and/or is transported to an appropriate medical facility.  \nAll EMS personnel are responsible for the provisions contained in the Chicago EMS Medical Directors Consortium Policies & Procedures and Standing Medical Orders, and those delineated by the Illinois EMS Act and Rules and Regulations promulgated by Illinois Department of Public Health.  \nCopyright 2016 Chicago EMS Medical Directors Consortium  \nCHICAGO EMS SYSTEM POLICIES AND PROCEDURES  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nPage  \nA. COMMUNICATION  \nResource/Associate Hospital Contact... A.1 to A.3  \nB. PATIENT CARE  \nEMS Staffing... B.1  \nCall Disposition   B.2  \nInitiation of Patient Care... B.3 to B.4  \nInitiation or Withholding of Resuscitative Measures... B.5 to B.6  \nTermination of Resuscitation… B.7 to B.8  \nAdvanced Directives… B.9 to B.11  \nConsent/Refusal of Service... B.12 to B.15  \nSchool Incidents… B.16  \nRestraints   B.17  \nReporting Abused and/or Neglected Patients... B. 18 to B.19  \nGuidelines for Preventing Disease Transmission... B.20 to B.22  \nPhysician/Nurse on the Scene... B.23  \nCrime Scene Response... B.24 to B.25  \nLarge Gathering/Special Events B.26  \nUse of Controlled Substances... B.27 to B.28  \nConveyance of Patients... B.29 to B.30  \nC. TRANSPORTATION  \nPatient Transport – Private Ambulance Provider… C.1 to C.3  \nPatient Transport – Chicago Fire Department… C.4 to C.6  \nTrauma Patient Transport… C.7 to C.8  \nTransport of Patients with Suspected Acute Stroke… C.9 to C.11  \nTransport of Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome… C.12 to C.14 Transport of Cardiac Arrest Patients… C.15  \nO. B. Patient Transport… C.16 to C.17 Transport of Patients with Suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)… C.18 to C.19 Helicopter EMS Utilization (HEMS)… C.20 to C.24  \nCritical Airway… C.25  \nInterhospital/Interfacility Transport... C.26 to C.27  \nNotification and Monitoring of Hospital Resource  \nLimitation(s)/Ambulance Bypass... C.28 to C.32  \nResponse to a System-Wide Crisis within the  \nChicago EMS System... C.33 to C.35  \nD. DOCUMENTATION  \nDocumentation Requirements   D.1  \nEMS System Inventory Inspection Policy… D.2  \nConfidentiality of Patient Records... D.3  \nE. EMS PERSONNEL  \nSystem Entry…  E.1 to E.2  \nEMS Personnel Reregistration/Relicensing Requirements… E.3 to E.6  \nEMS Personnel Reinstatement   E.7  \nContinuing Medical Education Testing    \nOut-of-System Continuing Medical Education…  \nSupervised Field Internship with the Chicago Fire Department… EMS Preceptor    \nPrehospital RN    \nFitness for Duty…  \nInactive Status…  \nSuspension    \nSystem Review Board    \nF. HOSPITAL  \nResource Hospital Base Station Override    \nECRN/Physician Backup...  \nParticipating Hospital Responsibilities. ..  \nRecognition, Rerecognition and Suspension of ECRN/ECP...  \nG. MISCELLANEOUS  \nIDPH Waiver Provision    \nRequest for Clarification (RFC) ...  \nMedical Device Reporting. ..  \nH. REGIONAL POLICIES  \nProtocol for Resolving Regional or Inter-System Conflict... EMS System Quality Improvement/Assurance Program    \nE.8 to E.9  \nE.10 to E.11 E.12  \nE.13 to E.14  \nE.15 to E.17 E.18 E.19 to E.20  \nE.21 to E.22  \nE.23 to E.25  \n","cbCaihnekw6Ad9H8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihnekw6Ad9H8","pdf",474208,124,"English","# A. COMMUNICATION\n## Resource/Associate Hospital Contact\n# B. PATIENT CARE\n## EMS Staffing\n## Call Disposition\n## Initiation of Patient Care\n## Initiation or Withholding of Resuscitative Measures\n## Termination of Resuscitation\n## Advanced Directives\n## Consent/Refusal of Service\n## School Incidents\n## Restraints\n## Reporting Abused and/or Neglected Patients\n## Guidelines for Preventing Disease Transmission\n## Physician/Nurse on the Scene\n## Crime Scene Response\n## Large Gathering/Special Events\n## Use of Controlled Substances\n## Conveyance of Patients\n# C. TRANSPORTATION\n## Patient Transport – Private Ambulance Provider\n## Patient Transport – Chicago Fire Department\n## Trauma Patient Transport\n## Transport of Patients with Suspected Acute Stroke\n## Transport of Patients with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome\n## Transport of Cardiac Arrest Patients\n## Transport of Patients with Suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)\n## Helicopter EMS Utilization (HEMS)\n## Critical Airway\n## Interhospital/Interfacility Transport\n## Notification and Monitoring of Hospital Resource Limitation(s)/Ambulance Bypass\n## Response to a System-Wide Crisis within the Chicago EMS System\n# D. DOCUMENTATION\n## Documentation Requirements\n## EMS System Inventory Inspection Policy\n## Confidentiality of Patient Records\n# E. EMS PERSONNEL\n## System Entry\n## EMS Personnel Reregistration/Relicensing Requirements\n## EMS Personnel Reinstatement\n## Continuing Medical Education Testing\n## Fitness for Duty\n## Inactive Status\n## Suspension\n## System Review Board\n# F. HOSPITAL\n## Resource Hospital Base Station Override\n## ECRN/Physician Backup\n## Participating Hospital Responsibilities\n## Recognition, Rerecognition and Suspension of ECRN/ECP\n# G. MISCELLANEOUS\n## IDPH Waiver Provision\n## Request for Clarification (RFC)\n## Medical Device Reporting\n# H. 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