West Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services

Class 0 Configurations

There are two types of class 0 configurations:

• Class 0 (using a non-CCT Agency to transport): The sending facility may elect to retain medical responsibility for the patient by sending a physician or qualified registered nurse from the sending facility to care for the patient during transport. The EMS system may provide the vehicle, emergency vehicle operator and one certified EMSA.
• Class 0 (using a licensed CCT Agency to transport): A CCT transport that requires additional specialty personnel to provide care to the patient. Teams must have a minimum of a three (3) member crew consisting of:
  • One specialty technician (MD, DO, pediatric nurse, neonatal nurse, perfusionist, respiratory therapist, etc).
  • One Critical Care Transport Paramedic or Critical Care Transport Nurse.
  • One Emergency Vehicle Operator (EVO), may be either a certified EMT, Paramedic, or EMSA-First Responder.

Class 0 personnel are to operate within their specialty. Example: an NICU nurse is not qualified to function in the WVOEMS CCT arena with the exception of a neonatal transport.

Class 1

Teams must have the minimum of a three member crew consisting of a Critical Care Transport Nurse, a Critical Care Transport Paramedic, and an Emergency Vehicle Operator (EVO).

Class 2

Teams must have a minimum of a three member crew: two (2) Critical Care Transport Paramedics and an Emergency Vehicle Operator (EVO).

Class 3

Teams must have a minimum of a two member crew: one (1) Basic Interfacility Transport Paramedic and an Emergency Vehicle Operator (EVO).