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-2- <br /> <br />Section 1. Term of Agreement <br /> <br />A. This Agreement shall be effective July 1, 1991, and shall remain in effect from <br />year-to-year thereafter. <br /> <br />B. This Agreement may be terminated on June 30 with 30 days written notice, or at <br />any other time of the year with 90 days written notice. <br /> <br />Section 2. Definitions <br /> <br /> For the purposes of this Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have <br />the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: <br /> <br />A. Advanced Life Support - Special services designed to provide definitive <br />prehospital emergency medical care as defined in Health and Safety Code, Section <br />1797.52, including, but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac monitoring, <br />cardiac defibrillation, advanced airway management, intravenous therapy, administration <br />of specified drugs and other medicinal preparations, and other specified techniques and <br />procedures administered by authorized personnel under the direct supervision of a base <br />hospital. <br /> <br />B. ALCO-CMED - The facility designated by the COUNTY as the central <br />communications center from which ambulance requests may be processed and routed <br />to the ambulance contractor. <br /> <br />C. Ambulance - Any motor vehicle equipped with facilities to convey infirm or <br />injured persons in a reclining position and licensed as an ambulance by the California <br />Highway Patrol. <br /> <br />D. Ambulance Unit ~ An ambulance staffed with qualified personnel and equipped <br />with appropriate medical equipment and supplies. <br /> <br />E. Basic Life Support (BLS) - as defined in Health and Safety Code, Section 1797.60. <br /> <br />F. Basic Life Support Unit (BLS Unit) - An ambulance unit limited by staffing and/or <br />equipment to provide only basic life support at the scene of a medical emergency and <br />during transport of a patient(s) experiencing a medical emergency. <br /> <br />G. Call Prioritizing - as defined in the Emergency Medical Services Authority, <br />"Emergency Medical Dispatcher Training Guidelines" for Level II emergency medical <br />dispatching. In call prioritizing, the dispatcher determines through key questions <br />whether a call is life threatening or a non-life threatening emergency. In all cases, a <br />medical response is sent. Call prioritizing also includes pre-arrival instructions. <br /> <br /> <br />