105 CMR 171.225
Documentation Required for Use of Automatic/Semi-automatic DefIbrillation
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.