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 Quick Response Units

Voluntary Certification Program
Quick Response Units (QRU) are organizations that provide care to patients while an ambulance is enroute to the scene of an emergency. They may be organized as part of a law enforcement agency, a fire department or a stand alone agency whose only purpose is to provide quick response services. QRUs do not transport patients. There are no licensure laws pertaining to QRUs. The State Health Department established the Voluntary Certification Program in response to requests from providers to establish standards.

Quick Response Unit Application (pdf)

Standards

  • Availability: 24 hours a day, seven days a week
  • Staffing: One person certified at the First Reponder level or higher
  • Equipment:
    1. Assorted airways, NPAs and OPAs - 1 each size.
    2. Commercial fracture splints.
    3. Portable oxygen unit with variable flow meter, nasal cannula, and 02 mask with tubing, and 2 additional oxygen cylinders size "D", - 3 cylinders total.
    4. Portable suction device with catheter.
    5. C-Collars - 1 each S-M-L.
    6. Stethoscope and BP cuff - 1 each.
    7. Bandage shears, 5" stainless - 2 each.
    8. Burn sheets, sterile - 2 each.
    9. Activated Charcoal.
    10. Disposable obstetrical kit.
    11. Soft roller self-adhering bandages, sterile - 2 dozen.
    12. Cold Paks - 4 each.
    13. Adhesive tape - 3 rolls.
    14. Gauze pads, sterile - 24.
    15. Elastic bandages - 3 rolls.
    16. Burn dressings, sterile, approximately 12" x 6" - 2 each.
    17. Multi-trauma dressings, sterile, approximately 30" x 10" - 2 each.
    18. Hot Paks - 4 each.
    19. Blankets - 2 each.
    20. Sterile Occlusive dressing
    21. Cotton tip applicators - 1 box.
    22. Gloves - 1 box each size S-M-L.
    23. Triangular bandages - 3 each.
    24. Equipment case.
    25. Equipment storage - readily accessible and safe from the elements.
    26. AED (Automatic External Defibrillator)

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