2005 Minnesota Statutes

     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.