29-99 Amend 137 - Fire Based EMS

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ORDINANCE NO, Z9-99 Please substitute for Ordinance 29-~9 ?laced on 1st reading & referred to Committee of the Whole June 21, 1999 Placed on 2nd rea~ing ~uly 6, 1999 By:Lorr~gan, FitzGerald, George, Roth, Seelie, Skindell, Smith AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE amending Chapter 137 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood, for the purposes of creating a Fire based Emergency Medical System ("EMS") within the Division of Fire and to provide for the administration of the Fire based EMS system. WHEREAS, the City of Lakewood will be converting from a Hospital based EMS service to a Fire based EMS service; and WHEREAS, the conversion from a Hospital based EMS service to a Fire based EMS service is necessary to insu,'e the efficient, effective, and safe operation of the EMS services within the City of Lakewood; and WHEREAS, currenUy the hospital based EMS service through Lakewood Hospital assesses a fee for Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance transportation to both third party payors and individual users of said services; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Lakewood that the City establish a system that will allow for the appropriate, effective and efficient reimbursement by Medicare, Medicaid and private third party insurers for the emergency medical services provided by the City. WHEREAS, Medicare guidelines require that all payors including primary users as well as third party payors be invoiced for said services; and WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to establish reasonable fees and charges for the rendering of emergency medical service an.~ ambulance transportation in a manner and fashion similar to those charges which are charged by other municipal government authorities; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation and enhancement of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Lakewood. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE Q'TY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO Section 1. ESTABLISHMENT. There is hereby established in and for the City of Lakewood("City'~) the Section of Emergency Medical Services within the Division of Fire to provide emergency medical services. Section 2. The Chief of the Division of Fire shall have the power to direct and manage the day to day operations of the Emergency Medica! Services. Section 3. Emergency medical service and ambulance transport shall be provided by the City of Lakewood, Division of Fire. Ail emergency medical service transport squads must be staffed and equipped to provide advanced life support transport services. Such services shall be provided in response to an emergency call for such services within the City, and outside the City under provisions of a mutual aid agreement or applicable law governing mutual aid. Section 4. As used in this section and for reimbursement purposes, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectfully ascribed to them as follows: (a) "Basic Ufe Support" shall mean any pre-hospital non-invasive intervention by personnel certified at the level of ENT-Basic as described in Section.4765 of the Ohio Revised Code. Such interventions include, but are not limited to non-invasive methods of airway control, oxygen administration, bleeding control, splinting of fractures, treatment of shock, patient assessment and recording vital signs.