External cardiac resuscitation and artificial respiration, mouth-to-mouth, are procedures regulated by this section, and these functions may not be performed unless both of the following provisions are met:

1. (1) External cardiac resuscitation and artificial respiration, mouth-to-mouth, shall only be performed by a nurse on an individual when respiration or pulse, or both, cease unexpectedly.
2. (2) A nurse may not perform external cardiac resuscitation and artificial respiration, mouth-to-mouth, unless the nurse has had instruction and supervised practice in performing the procedures.

Source

The provisions of this § 21.13 amended October 22, 1976, effective October 23, 1976, 6 Pa.B. 2677. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (9691).

Cross References

This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 21.803 (relating to applicability of rules relating to professional nurses).

Notes of Decisions

Nurse violated 49 Pa. Code § 21.11(a)(4) by leaving patient experiencing rare premature ventricular contractions, failing to call code team when so instructed and failing to attach cardiac monitor strip to patient’s chart, but such actions did not constitute violations of § 21.13 which merely establishes limitations on who may perform resuscitation and respiration and circumstances under which those procedures may be performed. State Board of Nurse Examiners v. Rafferty, 471 A.2d 1339 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1984); reversed in part 499 A.2d 289 (Pa. 1995); on remand 505 A.2d 359 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1986).