Rule 15-12-32-6.3.8 - Required Clinical Components/Facility Standards-Emergency Medicine1. The trauma center must maintain published on-call schedules for physicians and/or mid-level providers on-call to the facility.2. Emergency Medicine (In-house 24 hours/day). Emergency Physician and/or mid-level provider (Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner) must be in the specified trauma resuscitation area upon patient arrival.3. The facility must have an emergency department staffed so trauma patients are assured immediate and appropriate initial care. There must be a designated physician director. It is not anticipated that a physician will be available on-call to an emergency department in a Primary Pediatric Trauma Center; however it is a desirable characteristic. The on-call practitioner must respond to the emergency department based on local written criteria. A system must be developed to assure early notification of the on-call practitioner. Compliance with this criterion must be documented and monitored by the Trauma Performance Improvement process.4. Emergency nurses staffing the trauma resuscitation area must be a current provider in TNCC. Nurses must obtain TNCC within 18 months of assignment to the ER. Adequate numbers of nurses must be available in-house 24 hours/day, to meet the need of the trauma patient. The nurse may perform other patient care activities within the hospital when not needed in the emergency department.5. Compliance with the above will be evidenced by: a. Published on-call list of practitioners to the Emergency Department;b. Written trauma specific education plan for nurses;c. Documentation of nursing staffing patterns to assure 24-hour coverage.15 Miss. Code. R. 12-32-6.3.8
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