San Leandro Municipal Code Art. 1 General

(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2008-008, 7/21/08 (Section 3-20-100))

"Basic life support ambulance service" or "BLS"

means the service performed in response to a nonemergency call. Specifically, first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) procedures that, at a minimum, include recognizing respiratory and cardiac arrest and starting the proper application of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and CPR to maintain life without invasive techniques until the victim may be transported or until advanced life support is available.

"Critical care transport" or "CCT"

means any emergency or non-emergency transport of a patient where the skill level required in the care of that patient during transport requires, or may require, care within the CCT-Paramedic or CCT-RN scope of practice.