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<br />• w' ~ ~ <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />ORDINANCE NO. 94-148 <br />Page 3 <br />~~Ba31C Life Support" <br />Is defined as basic ambulance transportation without the use or need of <br />"Advanced Life Support." <br />"Advanced Life support " <br />Means the use of cardiac monitoring, anti-shock trousers, cardiac defibrillation <br />equipment. Establishing an airway, relieving pneumothorax and administering drugs. <br />"One-way mileage" <br />Means the distance in miles from the location of the person receiving emergency <br />medical service and or ambulance transportation to the hospital. Such mileage shall be calculated <br />to the nearest whole number. <br />"Ambulance" <br />Means a City owned itinerant vehicle equipped and designed to transport injured <br />and ill persons. <br />"Service Date" <br />Means the day, month and year emergency medical service and or ambulance <br />transportation was provided. <br />SECTION 7: CLAIMS APPEAL PROCEDURE <br />All persons who receive and are charged for emergency medical service or ambulance <br />transportation may within ninety (90) days following the date of service, file a written appeal with <br />the mayor or his designee if they have a dispute with respect to the amount charged by the City or <br />for reasons cited within sub-section a. and b. of this section. The written appeal should clearly <br />indicate the subject of the appeal, the service and charges which are being appealed and the <br />reason(s) therefore. In addition, the following criteria must be clearly addressed within the <br />written appeal: <br />a. Must provide satisfactory and convincing evidence that emergency medical service <br />and ambulance transportation was not provided. <br />