Each unit commander shall implement a program establishing ambulance services for injured or ill employees, inmates, and visitors.
The following guidelines shall be followed:
- Paramedic services shall be immediately requested for serious injuries or illness to an employee, inmate, or a visitor of the facility
- Medical staff, when available, should make the determination for the necessity and urgency of paramedic response and ambulance transportation for an employee, inmate, or a visitor
- Any facility personnel may make this determination in the absence of medical personnel
- Correctional Health Services (CHS) staff shall coordinate all ambulance transportation and notify the watch sergeant of the impending transfer
- The watch commander shall be advised of all ambulance service requests
- Contracted ambulance service directories shall be readily accessible at each facility