Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 21, May 25, 2024
Section 1027.32 - Quick response service(a)Purpose. An EMS agency that operates a QRS uses EMS providers to respond to calls for EMS and provide EMS to patients before an ambulance arrives.(b)Vehicles. A QRS is not required to use a vehicle when responding to a call. If a QRS responds to a call using a vehicle, it may use a vehicle other than an EMS vehicle, such as a bicycle, motorized cart or all-terrain vehicle.(c)Staffing. The minimum staffing for a QRS is one EMS provider. If the QRS responds to a call with a BLS squad vehicle, intermediate ALS squad vehicle or ALS squad vehicle, the minimum staff shall also include an EMSVO, except that only one person is required if the EMSVO is also the EMS provider.(d)Providing EMS.(1) When a member of an ambulance crew arrives at the scene who is certified at the level for which the patient requires EMS or is a higher-level EMS provider than the EMS provider of the QRS crew exercising primary responsibility for the patient, the member of the QRS crew exercising primary responsibility for the patient shall relinquish that responsibility to that member of the ambulance crew.(2) Members of a QRS crew who are present shall follow the direction of the member of the ambulance crew who has assumed responsibility for the overall management of the EMS that is provided to the patient or patients at the scene and leave the scene or continue to provide assistance, as requested by that member of the ambulance crew.The provisions of this § 1027.32 adopted October 11, 2013, effective 4/10/2014, 43 Pa.B. 6093.