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

## Subtitle 08 — Designation of Trauma and Specialty Referral Centers

### Chapter 08 — Pediatric Trauma Center Standards

#### Regulation .07 Pediatric Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU).

*COMAR 30.08.08.07*

A. The hospital shall have a PACU adequately staffed, immediately available, and equipped to care for injured children.

B. The PACU shall:

  (1) Be available to pediatric trauma patients with an appropriately trained registered nurse and other essential staff 24 hours a day to care for the multiply injured child;

  (2) Have equipment for continuous monitoring of temperature, hemodynamics, and gas exchange; and

  (3) Have available pediatric resuscitation equipment and medications