{"id":4068,"date":"2018-04-12T11:36:58","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T16:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/?page_id=4068"},"modified":"2023-04-24T13:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T18:24:06","slug":"guidance-documents","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/ems\/?page_id=4068","title":{"rendered":"Guidance Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"<li><strong>Emergency Medical Services Board <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/html%20pages\/pdf\/GuidanceDocumentIndex.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Guidance Documents Index<\/a>.  An Index of Guidance Documents provided to EMS services and providers.<\/p>\n<li><strong>2017-A Adopted 12\/01\/2017 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/html%20pages\/pdf\/Guidance Document(2017-A).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drug Shortage Alternatives<\/a>. Describes the Kansas Board of EMS&#8217; current approach to addressing EMS drug shortages within the State of Kansas <\/p>\n<li><strong>2019-A Adopted 06\/07\/2019 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/html%20pages\/pdf\/Guidance Document(2019-A).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ground Ambulance Staffing Alternative<\/a>. Describes how the Kansas Board of EMS will generally exercise its discretionary function of granting variances for ground ambulance services in Kansas communities facing staffing shortages. <\/p>\n<li><strong>2020-A Adopted 12\/04\/2020 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/html%20pages\/pdf\/Guidance Document(2020-A).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Specimen Collection &#8211; Authorized Activities <\/a>. This Guidance Document describes the Kansas Board of EMS\u2019 current approach to specimen collection, specific to COVID-19, by EMS providers. <\/p>\n<li><strong>2020-B Adopted 12\/04\/2020 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/html%20pages\/pdf\/Guidance Document(2020-B).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccine Administration \u2013 Authorized Activities<\/a>. This Guidance Document describes the Kansas Board of EMS\u2019 current approach to administration of vaccines, specific to influenza and COVID-19, by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), Advanced<br \/>\nEmergency Medical Technicians (AEMT), and Paramedics.<\/p>\n<li><strong>2023-A Adopted 04\/07\/2023 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksbems.org\/html%20pages\/pdf\/Guidance Document(2023-A).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ground Ambulance Staffing Alternative<\/a>. This Guidance Document describes how the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services (Board) will generally exercise its discretionary function of granting variances for ground ambulance services in Kansas communities facing staffing shortages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency Medical Services Board Guidance Documents Index. An Index of Guidance Documents provided to EMS services and providers. 2017-A Adopted 12\/01\/2017 Drug Shortage Alternatives. 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