SANTA CLARA COUNTY EMS ORIENTATION EXAM
What Policy is this?
The purpose of this Policy is to establish standardized criteria for the
timely reporting and submission of EMS system variances to the Santa
Clara County EMS Agency, and to define the reporting criteria for each
level of variance. - Answers- Policy #108
What level variance is this?
Variances are any incident that result in a threat to public
safety, patient, by-stander or responder harm. - Answers- Level A
Level A Variance include but are not limited to the following - Answers- a) Any deviation
from an EMS Agency policy or treatment protocol
with patient harm.
b) Medication or procedural errors with patient harm.
c) Failure or refusal to respond to request for aid, whether from the
public or another system provider.
d) Equipment failure or malfunction with patient harm.
e) Any significant EMS related event that would be reported to
another regulatory agency including, but not limited to, the EMS
Authority, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and
the Department of Public Health.
f) The following occurrences as defined as a threat to the public
health and safety cited in Health and Safety Code §1798.200(c):
1) Fraud in the procurement of any certificate or license under
this division.
2) Gross negligence.
3) Repeated negligent acts.
4) Incompetence.
5) The commission of any fraudulent, dishonest, or corrupt act
that is substantially related to the qualifications, functions,
and duties of prehospital personnel.
6) Conviction of any crime which is substantially related to the
qualifications, functions, and duties of prehospital personnel.
The record of conviction or a certified copy of the record shall
be conclusive evidence of the conviction.
7) Violating or attempting to violate directly or indirectly, or
assisting in or abetting the violation of, or conspiring to
violate, any provision of this division or the regulations
adopted by the authority pertaining to prehospital personnel.
8) Violating or attempting to violate any federal or state statute
or regulation that regulates narcotics, dangerous drugs, or
controlled substances.
9) Addiction to, the excessive use of, or the misuse of, alcoholic
beverages, narcotics, dangerous drugs, or controlled
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