New Jersey § 26:2k-21

§ 26:2k-21.

As used in this act: a. “ Board ” means the State Board of Medical Examiners; b. “ Basic life support ” means a basic level of pre-hospital care which includes patient stabilization, airway

clearance, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, hemorrhage control, initial wound care and

fracture stabilization and other techniques and procedures authorized by the commissioner; c. “ Commissioner ” means the Commissioner of the State Department of Health; d. “ Department ” means the State Department of Health; e. “ Emergency service ” means a program in a hospital staffed 24 hours a day by licensed physicians trained

in emergency medicine; f. “ EMT-intermediate ” means a person trained in intermediate life support services and certified by the

commissioner to render intermediate life support services as part of an authorized

pre-hospital intermediate life support pilot program; g. “ Inter-hospital care ” means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients in preparation

for transportation and during transportation between emergency treatment facilities,

and upon arrival within those facilities; h. “ Intermediate life support program ” means a program authorized under this act to provide pre-hospital intermediate life

support services; i. “ Intermediate life support services ” means an intermediate level of pre-hospital, inter-hospital, and emergency service

care which includes basic life support functions, cardiac monitoring, cardiac defibrillation,

the use of the esophageal obturator airway, and the use of military anti-shock trousers

and other techniques and procedures authorized by the commissioner; j. “ Pre-hospital care ” means those emergency medical services rendered to emergency patients before and

during transportation to emergency treatment facilities, and upon arrival within those

facilities.