HomeMy WebLinkAbout204.002f - Responding to Lift Assist RequestsSection 204.002f
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STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES MANUAL
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
204.002f RESPONDING TO LIFT ASSIST REQUESTS
EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 2019
Current Revision Date: 12/21/20 Next Revision Date: 12/21/23
Author’s Name/Rank: Robert Camp, Fire Battalion Chief Review Level: 1
Administrative Support: Evelyn Yin-Zepeda,
Management Analyst II
PURPOSE
The purpose of this policy is to provide all members and Communications Center
personnel with guidelines related to the dispatch of Fresno Fire Department (FFD or
Department) resources when assisting American Ambulance with lifting a patient in
pre-hospital settings.
APPLICATION
This procedure is to be applied when determining the dispatch of FFD resources.
OPERATIONAL POLICY
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OPERATIONAL GUIDELINE
It is the Department’s practice to use standardized response procedures in a manner
which will effectively and efficiently utilize resources for emergent and non -emergent
situations.
PROCESS
The following procedure is to be used by the Communications Center when
dispatching FFD units for requests to assist American Ambulance with lifting a patient
in pre-hospital settings:
STAT Patient
• Dispatch the closest resource (Fire or EMS) to assist.
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Special Equipment/Skills
• Dispatch the appropriate Fire resource or resources.
Non-STAT Patient
• Dispatch a Fire resource if:
o The next closest ambulance has an estimated response time of
greater than 10 minutes.
o The original assisting ambulance is diverted during response.
o If EMS levels are at 2 or below.
Note: If the FFD resource has an estimated response time of greater than 10
minutes, but is still closer than the responding ambulance, the FFD
resource is to be dispatched.
Special Circumstances
• Contact the on-duty Battalion Chief with a description of the lift assist request
and follow their direction.
INFORMATION
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DEFINITIONS
1. STAT Patient: Patient to be transported without delay (not necessarily Code 3).
STAT patients and patients that require Code 3 transport are different. There are
STAT patients that should be transported immediately but without lights and sirens.
A patient unconscious from a head injury, for example, should leave the scene
STAT, but may be transported Code 2, unless the patient is deteriorating .
2. EMS Levels: Levels monitored by the Communications center and defined by
available ALS ambulances. Level 2 would be the equivalent of two available
ambulances.
CROSS REFERENCES
Standard Operating Procedures Manual
Section 208.4, Utilizing Private Ambulance Company Gurneys