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First Responder ALS Agreement Page 3 Rev. 01/12/00 3.12 First Respondsr ALS Unit (FRALS) - A unit staffed and equipped with a minimum of one California State licensed and Alameda County accredited paramedic capable of providing ALS at scenes of medical emergencies. 3.13 Life Threatening Emerf~ency Response {Code 3) - Any emergency that is designated as life threatening in strict accordance with approved dispatch protocols. Code 3 will be counted as an emergency response. 3.14 Medical Direction - Direction given ALS personnel by a base hospital. 3.15 Medical Director - Person designated pursuant to Section 1979.204 of the Health and Safety Code to serve as administrative officer in carrying out the duties and powers of the Health Officer. 3.16 Medical Protocol - Any diagnosis-specific or problem-oriented written statement of Standard procedure, or algorithm, promulgated by the Medical Director as the normal standard of prehospital care for the given clinical condition. 3.17 Non-Life Threatening Response (Code 2) - Any response that is designated as non-life threatening at call reception by ALCO-CMED personnel or other PSAP authorized by Contract Administrator in strict accordance with approved dispatch protocols. 3.18 Non-Emergen~:y Response (Code 1) - Any request for service that falls outside the established protocols for emergency life threatening and emergency non-life threatening responses. Pre- scheduled transfers for response time purposes shall be considered non-emergency responses. Non-emergency calls may be of private or public origin. Code 1 will not be counted as an emergency response. 3.19 On-Scene Time - The time a unit arrives at the location requested. 3.20 Paramedic - Personnel as defined in the Health and Safety Code Section 1797.84. 3.21 Paramedic Unit - An ambulance unit staffed and equipped to provide Advanced Life Support at the scene of a medical emergency and during transport of a patient(s), and designated as a paramedic unit by the Medical Director. 3.22 Public Safety AnswerinR Point (PSAP) - Public safety answering point where 9-1-1 calls are first received 3.23 Public Safety Officer - Any person designated as a public safety officer by the law of the State of California. 3.24 Physician - Any person duly licensed to practice medicine in the State of California. 3.25 Quality Assurance - The sum of all activities undertaken to assure that prehospital emergency medical services maintain the standard of care established for those services, as defined by the County Medical Director 3.26 Quality Improvement - The evaluation of prehospital emergency medical services to identify where personnel performance or the system itself can be improved, the implementation of potential improvements, and their re-evaluation and refinement in a continuous cycle. While Quality Assurance traditionally focuses on the detection of defects, Quality Improvement strives to prevent them. Thus a Quality Improvement program must include, but not be limited to, Quality Assurance. 3.27 Response Time - The actual elapsed time between receipt of a call at a PSAP that a unit is needed and the on-scene time, consistent with section 5.1.1.