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(5) “aeromedical service” means a medevac service, an air ambulance service, a critical care air ambulance service, or a specialty aeromedical transport team;

(6) “aeromedical transport team” means a team of two or more health care workers who are trained and equipped to provide care to a patient being transported in an aircraft;

(7) “air medevacs” means transporting emergency patients by fixed or rotary wing aircraft with at least one certified or licensed emergency medical responder in attendance;

(8) “appropriate equipment to perform basic and advanced life-support emergency procedures” means the basic and advanced life-support equipment carried on an ambulance that meets department approval and the needs of local EMS patient care guidelines;

(9) “area trauma center” means a health care facility that is designated by the department as having met the essential standards for area trauma hospitals as specified in the Committee on Trauma Level III Trauma Center Designation Criteria, located in the American College of Surgeons’ Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.740, unless a specific exception is granted by the department;

(10) “automated defibrillator”

(A) means a defibrillator that is capable of automated rhythm analysis, and that will charge and deliver a defibrillation, with minimal operator intervention, after electronically detecting the presence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia;

(B) does not include a semi-automatic defibrillator;

(11) “basic life support” means those emergency care skills set out in the goals and objectives of the United States Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards, January 2009, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.050(1)(A);

(12) “certified or licensed medical personnel” means EMT-I’s, EMT-II’s, EMT-III’s, AEMT’s, paramedics, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurses, or physicians authorized by law to provide medical care in this state or in the state in which the certified or licensed service is based;

(13) “certifying officer” means a person designated

(A) by the department to ensure the security of the examinations for state certification or licensure;

(B) to ensure that the security of examinations for certification meets testing requirements by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT);

(14) “commissioner” means the commissioner of health;

(15) “continuing medical education” or “CME” means ongoing education in