144.604 Trauma triage and transportation.
Subdivision 1. Transport requirement. Unless the Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board has approved a licensed ambulance service's deviation from the guidelines under section 144E.101, subdivision 14, the ambulance service must transport major trauma patients from the scene to the highest state-designated trauma hospital within 30 minutes' transport time.
Subd. 2. Ground ambulance exceptions. Notwithstanding subdivision 1, ground ambulances must comply with the following:
(1) patients with compromised airways must be transported immediately to the nearest designated trauma hospital; and
(2) level II trauma hospitals capable of providing definitive trauma care must not be bypassed to reach a level I trauma hospital.
Subd. 3. Undesignated hospitals. No major trauma patient shall be transported to a hospital not participating in the statewide trauma system unless no trauma hospital is available within 30 minutes' transport time.
HIST: 1Sp2005 c 4 art 6 s 27
* NOTE: This section, as added by Laws 2005, First Special *Session chapter 4, article 6, section 27, is effective July 1, *2009. Laws 2005, First Special Session chapter 4, article 6, *section 27, the effective date.
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