Utah Code Ann. § 53-2d-805

Duties of emergency medical dispatch centers.

Effective Jul 1, 2024Amended by Chapter 147, 2024 General Session

An emergency medical dispatch center shall:

  1. (1) implement a system to receive and manage the information reported to the emergency medical dispatch center under Section 53-2d-803;
  2. (2) record in the system described in Subsection (1), all information received under Section 53-2d-803 within 14 days after the day on which the information is received;
  3. (3) inform an individual who calls to report a potential incident of sudden cardiac arrest of the location of an AED located at the address of the potential sudden cardiac arrest;
  4. (4) provide verbal instructions to an individual described in Subsection (3) to:

    1. (a) help the individual determine if a patient is in cardiac arrest; and
    2. (b) if needed:

      1. (i) provide direction to start CPR;
      2. (ii) offer instructions on how to perform CPR; or
      3. (iii) offer instructions on how to use an AED, if one is available; and
  5. (5) provide the information contained in the system described in Subsection (1), upon request, to the bureau.

Amended by Chapter 147, 2024 General Session

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