15.585 Reciprocal agreements to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

KY Rev Stat § 15.585 (2019) (N/A)
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15.585 Reciprocal agreements to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (1) A PSAP as defined by KRS 65.750 or an agency receiving or dispatching emergency medical service calls may enter into a reciprocal agreement with another PSAP, dedicated phone line, or call center to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) utilizing nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines, provided that the PSAP or other agency that accepts the call has telecommunicators trained in T-CPR in accordance with KRS 15.550(2) or (3). (2) Any employee of a PSAP that answers calls for emergency medical conditions shall, in the appropriate circumstances, provide telephonic assistance in administering CPR directly or transfer calls to a dedicated phone line, call center, or other PSAP with which the transferring PSAP has a reciprocal agreement. Effective: July 14, 2018 History: Created 2018 Ky. Acts ch. 65, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2018.