Section 1797.52 Of Chapter 2. Definitions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2.5. >> Chapter 2.
1797.52
. "Advanced life support" means special services designed to
provide definitive prehospital emergency medical care, including,
but not limited to, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiac
monitoring, cardiac defibrillation, advanced airway management,
intravenous therapy, administration of specified drugs and other
medicinal preparations, and other specified techniques and procedures
administered by authorized personnel under the direct supervision of
a base hospital as part of a local EMS system at the scene of an
emergency, during transport to an acute care hospital, during
interfacility transfer, and while in the emergency department of an
acute care hospital until responsibility is assumed by the emergency
or other medical staff of that hospital.