Critical Care Life Support (CCLS) - the level of care (quantity and type of staff

Critical Care Life Support (CCLS) - the level of care (quantity and type of staff member(s), equipment and procedures) that is consistent with a patient who may or may not be stable and who is in an acute situation or at high risk of decompensating prior to transport. The following patient categories are included: cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurologic, traumatic injury including spinal or head injury, burns, poisonings and toxicology. These patients are being cared for in an acute care facility such as the emergency department, intensive, critical, coronary, or cardiac rhythm, oxygen saturation and maintenance of continuous infusions of IV medications or control of ventilatory functions by artificial means is being performed. This level of care must be rendered by at least two air medical personnel, one of which is a Mississippi Critical Care Paramedic, registered nurse, or physician. This level of care requires specific monitoring and diagnostic equipment above the advanced level.