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Page 4 Business Associate Addendum Revised 3.2013 EXHIBIT A Services AHEMS will designate a contact person whom First Responder may contact to arrange for the provision of Services. First Responder will make all efforts to provide reasonable advance notice of its need for any of the Services and AHEMS will make all commercially reasonable efforts to procure resources necessary to deliver the Services, provided, however, that with the exception of Medical Direction services (if applicable) AHEMS will have no obligation to provide the Services if AHEMS is unable to procure necessary resources or personnel to furnish the Services. Services provided pursuant to this Agreement include the following: 1. Medical Direction a) AHEMS agrees to provide medical director services to First Responder to support First Responder’s emergency medical program. Medical Director services will include: (i) Use of AHEMS protocols; (ii) Medical direction oversight by the AHEMS Medical Director or such other qualified physician as AHEMS may contract with from time-to-time for such services; b) As a prerequisite of condition to AHEMS providing the Medical Director services contemplated herein, the First Responder agrees that it will at all times during the term of this Agreement: (i) Operate under AHEMS services protocols; (ii) Utilize only trained Paramedics, EMTs, EMRs, and/or those trained and privileged to provide direct medical care; (iii) Consult with the AHEMS coordinator and/or Medical Director on major equipment purchases. c) First Responder will compensate AHEMS for Medical Direction Services in the amount of $200.00 per year in addition to the training cost. 2. Education and Training. a) AHEMS will provide the following training to First Responder personnel: Allina Health EMS will provide 2 separate training sessions of 4 hours per session. Each session will be given on 2 separate occasions for a total of 4, 4 hour training sessions per year for two years. Due to department size of approximately 40 personnel, 2 Allina instructors will be presenting the classes to maintain approximate 10:1 student instructor ratio. If classes grow beyond instructor span of control additional fees may be required to adequately cover class sizes. See Exhibit B for training locations and schedules per site. b) AHEMS will provide training supplies, including disposables. First Responder will reimburse AHEMS for such supplies in the amount of $100 (included in training site fee). 3. On-Scene Restocking. To the extent permitted by applicable law, AHEMS will provide First Responder with the supplies and drugs necessary to replace those used by First Responder’s personnel in the treatment and care of a patient on scene before such patient is transported or treated by AHEMS emergency medical professionals. If on-scene replacement is not possible, First Responder will provide AHEMS with the run number associated with the call. The