This customizable document, Transporting Patients to Alternate Care Sites, is taken from MCN Healthcare's Emergency Management and Bioterrorism Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry's leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from Transporting Patients to Alternate Care Sites:

	POLICY: Hospital shall have agreements with the following to provide transportation of patients, supplies, medications, equipment and staff, and medical information to alternate care sites: Private ambulance services Emergency medical services Air medical services Other Community EMS and the hospital shall ensure there is redundant communication systems and technology in place. SUBJECT:TRANSPORTING PATIENTS TO ALTERNATEREFERENCE #2208CARE SITESPAGE: 1DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALWIDE OF: 1EFFECTIVE: APPROVED BY: REVISED: Emergency...
Second excerpt:
	...Other Community EMS and the hospital shall ensure there is redundant communication systems and technology in place. SUBJECT:TRANSPORTING PATIENTS TO ALTERNATEREFERENCE #2208CARE SITESPAGE: 1DEPARTMENT: HOSPITALWIDE OF: 1EFFECTIVE: APPROVED BY: REVISED: Emergency...