Program to improve response to medical emergencies: Establishment; requirements; activities of Division

1. The Division shall establish and operate a program to improve: (a) The ability of persons in this State to respond to medical emergencies; and (b) The access of persons in this State to resources for responding to a medical emergency. 2. The program must: (a) Assist volunteers in receiving training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, training through the Community Emergency Response Team program of the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security or similar training for responding to a medical emergency. (b) Allow volunteers who are certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a nationally recognized organization to register to authorize the Division to notify persons described in paragraph (c) of the location of the volunteers. (c) Provide multiple means to notify a person who is experiencing a medical emergency or assisting a person who is experiencing a medical emergency of the location of volunteers who have registered pursuant to paragraph (b), health facilities and kits to provide first aid or stop the loss of blood. Such means must include, without limitation, signage, applications for mobile devices and access to information through quick response codes. (d) Provide resources to assist communities in this State in achieving the HEARTSafe Community designation, or any successor designation, awarded by the Citizen CPR Foundation, or its successor organization, and incentives to encourage communities in this State to achieve that designation. 3. In carrying out the provisions of this section, the Division may: (a) Contract with or collaborate with any public or private person or entity, including, without limitation: (1) Providers of the training described in paragraph (a) of subsection 2; (2) Federal, state and local governmental agencies; (3) The Stop the Bleed program of the American College of Surgeons, or any successor program; (4) The American Heart Association, or its successor organization; (5) Providers of emergency medical services; (6) Local emergency response organizations; (7) Community health organizations; (8) Homeowners’ associations; (9) Insurers; and (10) Health facilities and providers of health care. (b) Establish one or more advisory committees. (c) Apply for and accept gifts, grants and donations from any source. 4. As used in this section: (a) “Health facility” means a facility in or through which health services are provided. (b) “Mobile device” includes, without limitation, a smartphone or a tablet computer. (c) “Provider of health care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 629.031.