105 CMR 171.225

Documentation Required for Use of Automatic/Semi-automatic DefIbrillation

Year: 2026Length: 143 wordsOfficial source
First responder agencies shall maintain a memorandum of agreement with a hospital or a consortium of hospitals, to provide medical control for their first responders. The agreement shall identify a medical director to assume responsibility for all aspects of medical control of the program. Medial control shall include: (A) The review of all uses of automatic/semi-a~toma.tic defibrillators by first responders; The maintenance of a systemwide database of cardiac arrest patient care reports filed by first responders with participating services, and the submission of summary reports to the Department upon request; and (C) The establishment of policies: (1) to ensure that first responders complete the manufacturer's training in use of the automatic/semiautomatic defibrillator; (2) for proper preventive maintenance schedules of automatic/semi-automatic defibrillator equipment; and (3) to ensure that patient care reports are submitted to the medical director and hospitals to which patients are transported.
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