# COMAR Title 30 — Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS)

## Subtitle 03 — Ems Operational Programs

### Chapter 06 — Base Stations

#### Regulation .02 Base Stations in General.

*COMAR 30.03.06.02*

An EMS base station designated by MIEMSS shall:

A. Be a unit of a licensed hospital;

B. Operate 24 hours a day;

C. Have communications equipment as required by MIEMSS to provide necessary communications with ambulances and MIEMSS;

D. In collaboration with MIEMSS, maintain all MIEMSS required communications equipment in working order, including:

  (1) EMRC Radio with voice recorder; and

  (2) Demstel Telephone, where deployed;

E. Monitor and provide timely responses to MEMRAD;

E-1. Provide admission/discharge/transfer messages to MIEMSS through the State-Designated Health Information Exchange;

F. Develop and implement a process to ensure utilization of State standardized and approved quality improvement/quality review tools and retain reviewed records for 5 years;

G. Have a designated EMS space with computer, and internet connectivity suitable for EMS provider eMEDS® reporting;

H. Participate in and provide clinical sites for training EMS personnel under a current memorandum of understanding with one or more EMS academies, educational institutions, or EMS Operational Programs, and maintain documentation of EMS participation;

I. Receive from the EMS personnel at time of hand off either the completed eMEDS® report on the Hospital Dashboard or MIEMSS standardized and approved short form;

J. Include in the patient’s hospital medical record the downloaded eMEDS® patient care report forms from the eMEDS® Hospital Dashboard /Hub and, when used, the MIEMSS standardized and approved short forms; and

K. Develop and implement a process for linking the MIEMSS-approved Prehospital Consultation/Interventions Radio Report Forms to the radio consult and incorporation into the hospital patient medical record.