Meaning of medium-acuity patient
8 Meaning of medium-acuity patient
A patient is a medium-acuity patient if, at the time of being provided with non-emergency patient transport services – the patient has not had recent deteriorations in his or her respiration rate as a result of a diagnosed illness or disease; and the patient assessment record for the patient states that a clinical escort is required to provide clinical observations of the person while the person is provided with non-emergency patient transport services.
For the avoidance of doubt, a patient may be a medium-acuity patient within the meaning of subregulation (1) even if the patient – is a paediatric patient; or requires oxygen therapy while being provided with non-emergency patient transport services, if that therapy was established before those services commenced; or requires active monitoring, such as cardiac monitoring, while being provided with non-emergency patient transport services.
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