6Assessment of patients

6 Assessment of patients

(1)  An assessment of a person under regulation 5(1)(c) must determine, in the opinion of the person performing the assessment, if –

(a) the vital signs of the person are considered stable and normal for the person; and

(b) the person is a low-acuity patient or medium-acuity patient; and

(c) the person is unlikely to deteriorate while being provided with non-emergency patient transport services; and

(d) the person does not have any medical needs that are acute or time-critical.

(2)  A person performing the assessment of another person under regulation 5(1)(c) may determine, as part of that assessment, that –

(a) the other person requires a clinical escort to provide care and clinical observation of the person while the person is provided with non-emergency patient transport services; and

(b) the clinical escort so required must have specific qualifications, skills or experience to escort the other person; and

(c) the NEPT vehicle used to provide the non-emergency patient transport services is to be equipped with specific equipment while providing those services to the other person.

(3)  A person performing the assessment of another person under regulation 5(1)(c) must determine under subregulation (2)(a) that the other person requires a clinical escort if the other person requires clinical care and monitoring that is more than a basic level of care and observation.

(4)  A person performing the assessment of another person under regulation 5(1)(c) is to make a written record of –

(a) that assessment of the other person; and

(b) the determinations made as a result of that assessment; and

(c) if a clinical escort for the other person is required to have specific qualifications, skills or experience, details of those requirements; and