Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-28b-17

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Section 100-28b-17 - Identifiable risks requiring immediate referral and transport of patient

Identifiable risks requiring the immediate referral and transport of a patient shall include the following:

(a) Maternal fever of more than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit during labor, in the absence of environmental factors;

(b) suggestion of fetal jeopardy, including clinically significant frank bleeding before delivery, abnormal bleeding with or without abdominal pain, evidence of placental abruption, or detection of abnormal fetal heart tones;

(c) current spontaneous preterm labor;

(d) current preterm premature rupture of membranes;

(e) current preeclampsia;

(f) current hypertensive disease of pregnancy;

(g) continuous uncontrolled bleeding;

(h) postpartum bleeding that does not subside with the administration of oxytocin or other antihemorrhagic agent;

(i) delivery injuries to the bladder or bowel;

(j) grand mal seizure;

(k) uncontrolled vomiting;

(l) coughing or vomiting blood;

(m) severe chest pain; and

(n) sudden onset of shortness of breath and labored breathing.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 100-28b-17

Authorized by K.S.A. 65-28b07; implementing K.S.A. 65-28b02, 65-28b07; adopted by Kansas Register Volume 38, No. 52; effective 1/10/2020.