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The New Mexico Modular Emergency Medical System (NM MEMS) Framework
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PATIENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM (PTS)
Summary: NM MEMS Patient Transportation System (PTS) will be integrated into the jurisdiction incident command structure and is specifically tasked to move patients in and out of all care areas.
Description: Emergency planners will integrate the PTS into the community’s mass evacuation and emergency transportation plans in order to avoid duplicate or overlapping requests for transportation resources. The system design must also be able to address all safety and security concerns pertinent to the event.
Planning Assumptions:
a. NM MEMS patient transport will be coordinated through the existing patient and general transport systems operating at the state, tribal, and local levels.
b. Transportation resources will be adjusted according to the distance between modules, terrain to be covered, weather, the nature of the event, and other variables specific to the location and systems involved.
c. The emergency planning workgroups, in coordination with the affected medical community will identify, list, and obtain mutual aid agreements with local transportation resources available.
d. During the event any requests for transport resources will be directed through the appropriate channels of the incident command system.
e. Planning for patient transport vehicles, other than ambulances, will be necessary during overwhelming medical or patient surge.
