Section 17-8 - Emergency Services (a) The Critical Access Hospital shall meet the emergency needs of patient's in accordance with acceptable standards of practice. - (i) Diagnostic and treatment equipment, drugs, supplies, and space, including space for a sufficient number of treatment rooms, shall be adequate in terms of the size and scope of service.
- (ii) The following equipment shall be available to the emergency suites: cardiac monitor, resuscitator, defibrillator, aspirator, thoracotomy set and tracheotomy set.
- (iii) Service shall be available twenty-four (24) hours a day, and emergency room staff shall be adequate to ensure that an applicant for treatment will be seen within a reasonable length of time relative to his/her illness.
- (iv) Medical records for patient's receiving emergency services shall be in accordance with Section 15.
- (v) Critical Access Hospitals must receive, and maintain, formal designation through the Department of Health's trauma system enhancement program W.S. 35-1-801 ). The level of designation shall be at the discretion of the hospital.
048-17 Wyo. Code R. § 17-8