Nebraska AED Laws

71-51,102 - Automated external defibrillator; use; conditions; liability.

(A) At least 2 staff members with a current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification are on duty at all times; and (B) Staff members are trained to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and there must be an operable Automated External Defibrillator on the premises.

71-51,102. Automated external defibrillator; use; conditions; liability. (a) Automated external defibrillator means a device that: (e) Health care professional means any person who is licensed, certified, or registered by the Department of Health and Human Services and who is authorized within his or her scope of practice to use an automated external defibrillator. (2) Except for the action or omission of a health care professional acting in such capacity or in a health care facility, no person who delivers emergency care or treatment using an automated external defibrillator shall be liable in any civil action to respond in damages as a result of his or her acts of commission or omission arising out of and in the course of rendering such care or treatment in good faith. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to (a) grant immunity for any willful, wanton, or grossly negligent acts of commission or omission…

Respiratory care means the health specialty responsible for the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. Respiratory care is not limited to a hospital setting and includes the therapeutic and diagnostic management and maintenance of medical gases, administering apparatus, humidification and aerosols, ventilatory management, postural drainage, chest physiotherapy and breathing exercises, cardiopulmonary resuscitation and rehabilitation, and maintenance and insertion of lines, drains, and artificial and nonartificial airways without cutting tissues. Respiratory care also includes the administration of all pharmacologic, diagnostic, and therapeutic agents for the treatment and diagnosis of cardiopulmonary disease for which the respiratory care practitioner has been professionally trained or has obtained advance education or certification, including specific testing techniques employed in respiratory care to assist in diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and research of how specific cardiopulmonary disease affects the patient. Such techniques include management of ventilatory volumes, pressures,…

002.06 CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION (CPR). A procedure to restore breathing and heart function through clearance of air passages, artificial respiration, and manual external cardiac massage.

(iv) HYGIENE AND PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION. Hygiene may include principles and practices that promote client safety, personal wellness, equipment and sanitation, and infectious and contagious disease control. Practical demonstration may include various massage therapy techniques and demonstration, hands-on training, student clinic hours, kinesiology, interpersonal client contact, professional communication, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and first aid.

§ 71-51,102 — Automated external defibrillator; use; conditions; liability.

(1) No human remains shall be cremated with the knowledge that the human remains contain a pacemaker or defibrillator or other potentially hazardous implant or condition. The authorizing agent shall take all necessary steps to ensure that any such hazardous implant or condition is removed or corrected prior to cremation. If an authorizing agent informs the funeral director and the crematory authority on the cremation authorization form of the presence of such potentially hazardous implant or condition in the human remains, the funeral director shall ensure that all necessary steps have been taken to remove or correct the implant or condition before delivering the human remains to the crematory. A funeral director who knowingly fails to ensure the removal or correction of the hazardous implant or condition prior to delivery and who knowingly delivers such human remains shall be liable for any damages resulting from such failure. If human remains…

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(G) Immediate availability of an emergency call system, cardiac monitor; defibrillator, suction, and emergency airway supplies.

(10) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid. 005.04(D) CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION AND FIRST AID TRAINING. To qualify as acceptable cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid training the training must be obtained from an entity that has been approved by the Nebraska Board of Emergency Services. The cardiopulmonary resuscitation card and documentation of first aid training must be available upon request. 005.05 STAFF-TO-CHILD RATIO. The Department will only consider staff who are in the same room or within reasonable hearing distance of children when determining if staff-to-child ratio is met. At least one direct care staff person must be on duty for every six children in care at ail times. At least one staff member with current cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification and first aid training must be on duty at ail times. (4) Not combine components of various models for use as a licensee's identified single model except required competency in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first…

Every swimming pool owned, rented, leased, or otherwise used by a school district for practice, competition, or any other school function shall have at least one person present during such use who is currently certified by a nationally recognized aquatic training program in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and drowning risk prevention.

(iii) Have received training in first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and in meeting the needs of the specific participants for whom transportation is provided.

5. The center shall inform staff members of what medical care, including first aid, may be given by staff without specific physician orders. Staff must be instructed on how to obtain further medical care and how to handle emergency cases. The center shall ensure that - a. Staff members on duty must have satisfactorily completed current first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and have on file at the center a certificate of satisfactory completion as required by Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health regulations.