15.585 Reciprocal agreements to provide telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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(1)A PSAP as defined by KRS 65.750 or an agency receiving or dispatching
emergency medical service calls may enter into a reciprocal agreement with another
PSAP, dedicated phone line, or call center to provide telephone cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (T-CPR) utilizing nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular
care guidelines, provided that the PSAP or other agency that accepts the call has
telecommunicators trained in T-CPR in accordance with KRS 15.550(2) or (3).
(2)Any employee of a PSAP that answers calls for emergency medical conditions shall,
in the appropriate circumstances, provide telephonic assistance in administering
CPR directly or transfer calls to a dedicated phone line, call center, or other PSAP
with which the transferring PSAP has a reciprocal agreement.