Missouri AED Laws

160.482. Cardiac emergency response plan — definitions — elements of plan — AED placement — certification of school personnel, requirements — funding. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Automated external defibrillator" or "AED", a lightweight, portable device that: (2) "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" or "CPR", a combination of rescue breathing, chest compressions, and external cardiac massage used to sustain an individual's life until advanced assistance arrives; (6) "Project ADAM (Automated Defibrillators in Adam's Memory)", a national nonprofit organization focused on education around preventing and planning to respond to cardiac arrest; (12) "Sudden cardiac arrest", a condition that occurs when the heart malfunctions and stops beating unexpectedly, is due to abnormal heart rhythms called arrhythmias, and is generally the result of some underlying form of heart disease; (13) "Ventricular fibrillation", the most common arrhythmia that causes cardiac arrest and a condition in which the heart's electrical impulses…

(2) All stretcher vans shall be equipped with an automated external defibrillator and shall be staffed by at least one individual who is trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.

190.092. Defibrillators, requirements — good faith immunity from civil liability, when — all basic life support ambulances and stretcher vans to be equipped with. — 1. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Public Access to Automated External Defibrillator Act". 2. A person or entity that acquires an automated external defibrillator shall: (1) Comply with all regulations governing the placement of an automated external defibrillator. (2) Ensure that the automated external defibrillator is maintained and tested according to the operation and maintenance guidelines set forth by the manufacturer. (3) Ensure that the automated external defibrillator is tested at least every two years and after each use; and (4) Ensure that an inspection is made of all automated external defibrillators on the premises at least every ninety days for potential issues related to the operation of the device, including a blinking light or other obvious defect that…

C. Electrocardiograph, cardiac monitor, and defibrillator-I-R, II-R, III-R; E. Electrocardiograph, cardiac monitor, and defibrillator-I-R, II-R, III-R; C. Electrocardiograph, cardiac monitor, and defibrillator-I-R, II-R, III-R; C. Electrocardiograph, cardiac monitor, and defibrillator-I-R, II-R, III-R.

C. Electrocardiograph, monitor and defibrillator to include internal and external pediatric paddles; C. Electrocardiograph, monitor and defibrillator, including internal and external pediatric paddles; C. Electrocardiograph, monitor and defibrillator, including internal and external pediatric paddles; 9. Defibrillator and monitor, including internal and external pediatric paddles.

There Is a Newer Version of the Missouri Revised Statutes View Our Newest Version Here 2012 Missouri Revised Statutes TITLE XI EDUCATION AND LIBRARIES Chapter 170 Instruction--Materials and Subjects Section 170.310 Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training authorized, grades nine through twelve, requirements--rulemaking authority. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training authorized, grades nine through twelve, requirements--rulemaking authority. 170.310. 1. Any public school or charter school serving grades nine through twelve may provide enrolled students instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Students with disabilities may participate to the extent appropriate as determined by the provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Instruction may be embedded in any health education course. Instruction shall be based on a program established by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross, or through a nationally recognized program based on the most current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines, and psychomotor skills development shall be…

167.624. Lifesaving training — CPR. — Each school board and charter school governing board shall provide training for all employees of the district or charter school in the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other lifesaving methods, as they determine best. Such board may consult the department of public safety, the state fire marshal's office, the local fire protection authorities, and others as the board sees fit. Any trained employee shall be held harmless and immune from any civil liability for administering cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other lifesaving methods in good faith and according to standard medical practices.

(J) The child care provider applicant shall register with Opportunities in a Professional Education Network (OPEN) and secure a Missouri Professional Development Identifier (MOPD-ID) to track and successfully complete all required trainings as approved by the division. The child care provider shall provide satisfactory, written documentation of successful completion to the division. The child care provider applicant shall successfully complete training which includes, but is not limited to: 1. First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

190.200. Public information and education. — 1. The department of health and senior services in cooperation with hospitals and local and regional EMS systems and agencies may provide public and professional information and education programs related to emergency medical services systems including trauma, STEMI, and stroke systems and emergency medical care and treatment. The department of health and senior services may also provide public information and education programs for informing residents of and visitors to the state of the availability and proper use of emergency medical services, of the designation a hospital may receive as a trauma center, STEMI center, or stroke center, of the value and nature of programs to involve citizens in the administering of prehospital emergency care, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and of the availability of training programs in emergency care for members of the general public.

(E) An adult with a current lifeguard training certificate, including infant/child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, shall be on duty at all times when a swimming or wading pool containing a depth of forty-eight inches (48") or more of water is being used.

Defibrillator emergency program requirements, 190.092

12. Documentation of any current certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

190.092. 1. A person or entity who acquires an automated external defibrillator shall ensure that: (1) Expected defibrillator users receive training by the American Red Cross or American Heart Association in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of automated external defibrillators, or an equivalent nationally recognized course in defibrillator use and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (2) The defibrillator is maintained and tested according to the manufacturer's operational guidelines. (3) Any person who renders emergency care or treatment on a person in cardiac arrest by using an automated external defibrillator activates the emergency medical services system as soon as possible; and (4) Any person or entity that owns an automated external defibrillator that is for use outside of a health care facility shall have a physician review and approve the clinical protocol for the use of the defibrillator, review and advise regarding the training and skill maintenance of the intended users of the defibrillator…

There Is a Newer Version of the Missouri Revised Statutes View Our Newest Version Here 2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 191.938. — Automated external defibrillator advisory committee established, duties, reports, membership, bylaws--termination date. 191.938. 1. There is hereby established an "Automated External Defibrillator Advisory Committee" within the department of health and senior services, subject to appropriations. (2) Projections of the cost of the purchase, placement and maintenance of any recommended automated external defibrillator placement. (3) Discussion of the need for, and cost of, training personnel in the use of automated external defibrillators and in cardiopulmonary resuscitation; 9. The automated external defibrillator advisory committee shall terminate on June 1, 2003.

7. All ambulance districts authorized to adopt laws, ordinances, or regulations regarding basic life support ambulances shall require such ambulances to be equipped with an automated external defibrillator and be staffed by at least one individual trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator.

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(D) Emergency Equipment. 1. Equipment shall be provided to handle emergencies resulting from the services rendered in the facility. The following shall be provided as a minimum: portable ECG oscilloscope, portable defibrillator, portable suction equipment, inhalation-resuscitation equipment, emergency tray and equipment for use in airway obstructions.

190.1005. CPR training or courses to include instruction on proper use of automated external defibrillators. — Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any training or course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall also include instruction on the proper use of automated external defibrillators. Such training or course shall follow the standards created by the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association, or equivalent evidence-based standards from a nationally recognized organization.

174.125. Teacher-training institutions to provide physical education courses, first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation — extension service to be provided. — 1. All teacher-training institutions, receiving state aid, shall provide courses in physical education, first aid and cardiopulmonary* resuscitation for the proper preparation of teachers to carry out the rules and regulations of the state board of education as provided in section 161.102. Each of the five state colleges shall provide extension service of properly trained and qualified field advisers for the teachers and others engaged in carrying out the provisions of sections 161.102 and 168.171 within their several territorial jurisdictions, such jurisdiction to be established and coordinated by the state commissioner of education.

Requires thirty minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction and training during high school

2. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order and the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate protocol shall not authorize the withholding or withdrawing of other medical interventions, such as intravenous fluids, oxygen, or therapies other than cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate orders and the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate protocol shall not authorize the withholding or withdrawing of therapies deemed necessary to provide comfort care or alleviate pain. Any authorization for withholding or withdrawing interventions or therapies that is inconsistent with sections 190.600 to 190.621 and is found or included in any outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order or in the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate protocol shall be null, void, and of no effect. Nothing in this section shall prejudice any other lawful directives concerning such medical interventions and therapies. (1) Comply with an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order and withdraw or withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a pregnant patient while believing in good…

190.615. Death of a patient, not suicide or homicide — effect of order on life insurance — order does not authorize mercy killing or euthanasia. — 1. A patient's death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal in good faith of cardiopulmonary resuscitation under an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order is not, for any purpose, a suicide or homicide. 2. The possession of an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification or execution of an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order does not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of any policy of life insurance, nor does it modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. Notwithstanding any term of a policy to the contrary, a policy of life insurance is not legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from an insured patient possessing an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification or…

(6) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

2. All moderate sedation team members (two (2) minimum) and the dentist possess and maintain current certification in the American Heart Association's Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS) or an equivalent certification approved by the Missouri Dental Board. Board-approved courses are those that meet the American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) and provide written and manikin testing on the course material by an instructor who is physically present with the students. Online only courses will not be accepted to satisfy the BLS requirement or ACLS. (D) Document that the sedation team, as well as the permitted dentist, possess and maintain current certification in the American Heart Association's Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS) or an equivalent certification approved by the Missouri Dental Board. Board-approved courses are those that meet the American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and…

2. Clients shall be supervised at all times by a staff member with current certification in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

(E) Fifty (50) clock hours dedicated to ancillary therapies taught by the certified mentor with documented experience in a related field. The fifty (50) clock hours shall include but not be limited to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid which shall be provided by an instructor who holds the respective certification. If the certified mentor is unable to provide a course of instruction in CPR and/or first aid, an apprentice may obtain the required training from a massage therapy program approved by the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education (CBHE) or organization such as the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

5. An adult with a current lifeguard training certificate, including infant/child cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training, shall be on duty when a swimming or wading pool containing a depth of forty-eight inches (48") or more of water is being used.

4. Evidence of current certification in the American Heart Association's Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS), or an equivalent certification approved by the Missouri Dental Board. Board-approved courses shall meet the American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) and provide written and manikin testing on the course material by an instructor who is physically present with the students. Online only courses will not be accepted to satisfy the BLS requirement. 4. Evidence of current certification in the American Heart Association's Basic Life Support for the Healthcare Provider (BLS), or an equivalent certification approved by the Missouri Dental Board. Board-approved courses shall meet the American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and emergency cardiovascular care (ECC) and provide written and manikin testing on the course material by an instructor who is physically present with the students. Online only courses will not be…

(9) Provide assistance to a cardiopulmonary resuscitation team in response to a life-threatening situation.

(C) The program shall employ staff in sufficient numbers and with appropriate training to respond to emergency situations and provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when necessary. 1. At least one (1) staff member who has current training in First Aid and CPR for infants, children, and adults shall be on duty seven (7) days per week, twenty-four (24) hours per day.

(E) Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).

(a) The five hundred hours of supervised instruction shall consist of three hundred hours dedicated to massage theory and practice techniques, one hundred hours dedicated to the study of anatomy and physiology, fifty hours dedicated to business practice, professional ethics, hygiene and massage law in the state of Missouri, and fifty hours dedicated to ancillary therapies, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid.

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(B) At a minimum, stretcher van personnel shall have completed a nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and be certified at the community and workplace level.

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