502 AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT

502.1 The Mayor shall promulgate rules specifying standards for the kind, quantity, and quality of equipment required on each ambulance licensed under this chapter.

502.2 Rules issued under the requirements of §502.1 shall be promulgated with the assistance of the District of Columbia Advisory Committee on Emergency Medical Services, and shall take into consideration the current list of minimal equipment for ambulances adopted by the American College of Surgeons or its duly authorized Committee on Trauma.

502.3 Rules issued under §502.1 shall require each ambulance to maintain, at a minimum, the following kinds of equipment or their functional equivalents:

(a) Two-way radio mobile equipment capable of providing a reliable system operating range of at least a twenty (20) mile radius from the base station antenna;

(b) Rescue equipment;

(c) Resuscitation equipment, including portable oxygen equipment, suction equipment, and ventilation equipment;

(d) First aid and emergency supplies;

(e) Cardiac treatment equipment;

(f) Equipment for the treatment of fractures;

(g) Equipment for the treatment of wounds;

(h) Litters and stretcher's; and

(i) Emergency obstetrical equipment.

502.4 The Mayor, with the assistance of the District of Columbia Advisory Committee on Emergency Medical Services, may promulgate rules specifying additional equipment and vehicular requirements for an ambulance serving as a mobile intensive care unit.

SOURCE: Rules of the Board of Public Welfare issued July 28, 1950; as amended on September 29, 1950.