Section 125.03. Definitions.

  In this section:

(1)  "Ambulance run report form" means the form that the ambulance service provider under s. DHS 110.34 (7) and (8) requires emergency medical technicians to complete at the end of each ambulance run.

(2)  "Department" means the Wisconsin department of health services.

(3)  "Do-not-resuscitate bracelet" means a standardized identification bracelet of uniform size, color and design approved by the department, that bears the inscription "Do Not Resuscitate" which signifies that the wearer is a qualified patient, as defined in s. 154.17 (4) , Stats., who has requested and obtained a do-not-resuscitate order and has not revoked the request for the order.

(4)  "Do-not resuscitate order" means a written order issued by a physician under the requirements of subch. III of ch. 154 , Stats., that directs emergency health care personnel not to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a person for whom the order is issued if that person suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest.

(5)  "Emergency health care facility staff" means staff of a hospital emergency room or an urgent care clinic whose duties are to render emergency medical care to sick, disabled or injured persons conveyed to the facility.

(5m)  "Emergency health care personnel" means emergency medical technicians, first responders and emergency health care facility staff.

(6)  "Emergency medical technician" means an emergency medical technician-basic licensed under ch. DHS 110 , an emergency medical technician-intermediate licensed under ch. DHS 110 or an emergency medical technician-paramedic licensed under ch. DHS 110 , to perform specified functions relating to the administration of emergency medical procedures in a prehospital or interfacility setting and the care for and transport of sick, disabled or injured persons.

(7)  "First responder" means a person who provides emergency medical care to a sick, disabled or injured individual prior to the arrival of an ambulance as a condition of employment or as a member of a first responder service, and who may or may not be certified by the department under ch. DHS 110 to perform defibrillation.

(8)  "Patient" means a person who is brought for treatment to an emergency medical facility or a person to whom emergency health care personnel go to render treatment.

(9)  "Qualified patient" has the meaning specified in s. 154.17 (4) , Stats.

History: Cr. Register, July, 1997, No. 499 , eff. 8-1-97; corrections in (1), (6) and (7) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2001, No. 547 ; corrections in (1), (2), (6) and (7) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 6. and 7., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637 ; corrections in (1), (6), (7) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2011 No. 667 .

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