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NZS 8156:2008

Ambulance and paramedical services

Sets appropriate standards of service covering the means by which ambulance and paramedical services are organised and provided. Provides a means of assessing the extent to which ambulance and paramedical services are worthy of patients' confidence and trust, through the demonstration of clinical safety, reliability, efficiencies, and effectiveness. It applies to all modes of road vehicle where ambulance provision is the primary capability of the vehicle and to aircraft specifically equipped for ambulance provision when being used for that purpose.

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Standards NZ References:

• 228:2001(SAA/SNZ HB)
• 2500:2004(AS/NZS)
• 3003:2003(AS/NZS)
• 3551:2004(AS/NZS)
• 4304:2002(NZS)
• 436:2004(HB)
• 4360:2004(AS/NZS)
• 4801:2001(AS/NZS)
• 8152:2001(SNZ HB)
• 8153:2002(NZS)

Non Standards NZ References:

• ISO 9001:2001 Quality management systems – Requirements


• NZS 8134:2008 Health and disability services Standards (In preparation)

NZ Act/Regulation References:

• CARE OF CHILDREN ACT 2004


• CHARITABLE TRUSTS ACT 1957


• CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1990


• COMPANIES ACT 1993


• CRIMES ACT 1961


• EDUCATION ACT 1989


• EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS ACT 2000


• HEALTH AND DISABILITY COMMISSIONER ACT 1994


• HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES (SAFETY) ACT 2001


• HEALTH AND SAFETY IN EMPLOYMENT ACT 1992


• HEALTH INFORMATION PRIVACY CODE 1994


• HEALTH PRACTITIONERS COMPETENCE ASSURANCE ACT 2003


• HUMAN RIGHTS ACT 1993


• INCORPORATED SOCIETIES ACT 1908


• MEDICINES (STANDING ORDER) REGULATIONS 2002


• MEDICINES ACT 1981


• MENTAL HEALTH (COMPULSORY ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT) ACT 1992


• MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1975


• NEW ZEALAND SIGN LANGUAGE ACT 2006


• PRIVACY ACT 1993


• PROTECTED DISCLOSURES ACT 2000


• PUBLIC FINANCE ACT 1989


• RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1989

Non NZ Act/Regulation References:

• Civil Aviation Rules


• Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights 1996

Other References:

• Ambulance New Zealand. Ambulance national incident plan for New Zealand (AMPLANZ), 2005


• Aviation Industry Association of New Zealand (AIA). Air rescue/Air ambulance standards (version 8), July 2003


• Emergency Ambulance Communications Group (EACG). Communications centre standard operating procedures (CCSOPS), 2007


• Jacobs, I, Nadkarni, V et al. ‘Cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation outcome reports’. ‘Circulation’ Journal of the American Heart Association, 110, no. 21 (2004): 3385 – 3397, 2004


• Ministry of Civil Defence. Guide to the national civil defence emergency management plan – http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/memwebsite.NSF/Files/National%20CDEM%20Plan%202005/$file/TheGuide-Revised-Nov-2007.pdf


• Ministry of Civil Defence. The national civil defence emergency management plan – http://www.civildefence.govt.nz/memwebsite.nsf/Files/National%20CDEM%20Plan%202005/$File/NatCDEMPlanOrder_43191.pdf


• Ministry of Health. Consent in child and youth health, 1999


• Ministry of Health. Guidelines for the development and operation of standing orders, 2006


• Ministry of Health. New Zealand influenza pandemic action plan, 2006 – http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/nz-influenza-pandemic-action-plan-2006


• Ministry of Health. Reportable events guidelines, 2001


• Ministry of Health. The national health emergency plan – http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/indexmh/emergencymanagement-nhep


• New Zealand Fire Service Commission. The New Zealand coordinated incident management system (CIMS), 1998


• New Zealand Flight Nurses’ Association. Standards of practice, 2007

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