Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT).

22 CCR 100002.02

§ 100002.02. Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT). “Ambulance patient offload time” or “APOT” is defined as the interval between the arrival of an ambulance patient at an emergency department ambulance bay (NEMSIS element eTimes.11) and the time the patient is transferred to an emergency department gurney, bed, chair, or other acceptable location and the emergency department assumes responsibility for care of the patient (NEMSIS element eTimes.12). The technical specification for calculating APOT (APOT-1) is defined in Technical Specification to Calculate Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT) (Rev. 03/2026), which is incorporated by reference.