Identifiable risks requiring the immediate referral and transport of a patient shall include the following:
- (a) Maternal fever of more than 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit during labor, in the absence of environmental factors;
- (b) suggestion of fetal jeopardy, including clinically significant frank bleeding before delivery, abnormal bleeding with or without abdominal pain, evidence of placental abruption, or detection of abnormal fetal heart tones;
- (c) current spontaneous preterm labor;
- (d) current preterm premature rupture of membranes;
- (e) current preeclampsia;
- (f) current hypertensive disease of pregnancy;
- (g) continuous uncontrolled bleeding;
- (h) postpartum bleeding that does not subside with the administration of oxytocin or other antihemorrhagic agent;
- (i) delivery injuries to the bladder or bowel;
- (j) grand mal seizure;
- (k) uncontrolled vomiting;
- (l) coughing or vomiting blood;
- (m) severe chest pain; and
- (n) sudden onset of shortness of breath and labored breathing.
(Authorized by K.S.A. 65-28b07; implementing K.S.A. 65-28b02, 65-28b07; effective Jan. 10, 2020.)