EMS Dispatch Codes

Medical Priority Codes
Abdominal Pain
1-D-1   Not alert
1-C-1   Fainting or near fainting >50 y/o
1-C-2   Females w/ fainting or near fainting 12-50 y/o
1-C-3   Males w/ pain above navel >45 y/o
1-C-4   Females w/ pain above navel >45 y/o
1-A-1   Abdominal pain

Allergic Reaction
2-E-1   Ineffective breathing
2-D-1   Severe respiratory distress
2-D-2   Not Alert
2-D-3   Conditioning worsening
2-D-4   Swarming attack (bees)
2-D-5   Snakebite
2-C-1   Difficulty breathing or swallowing
2-C-2   Special medications or injections used
2-B-1   Unknown status (3rd party caller)
2-A-1   No difficulty breathing or swallowing
2-A-2   Spider Bite

Animal Bites
3-D-1   Unconscious or arrest
3-D-2   Not alert
3-D-3   Dangerous body area
3-D-4   Large animal
3-D-5   Exotic animal
3-D-6   Attack or multiple animals
3-B-1   Possibly dangerous body area
3-B-2   Serious hemorrhage
3-B-3   Unknown status (3rd party caller)
3-A-1   Not dangerous body area
3-A-2   Non-recent injuries >6 hours
3-A-3   Superficial bites

Assault
(A= Assault/ S= Sexual Assault)
4-D-1   Unconscious or arrest
4-D-2   Not alert
4-D-3   Abnormal breathing
4-D-4   Dangerous body area
4-D-5   Multiple victims
4-B-1   Possibly dangerous body area
4-B-2   Serious hemorrhage
4-B-3   Unknown status (3rd party caller)
4-A-1   Not dangerous body area
4-A-2   Non-recent injuries >6 hours

Back Pain
5-D-1   Not alert
5-C-1   Fainting or near fainting >50 y/o
5-A-1   Non-traumatic
5-A-2   Non-recent injuries >6 hours

Breathing Difficulty
(A=Asthma)
6-E-1   Ineffective breathing
6-D-1   Severe respiratory distress
6-D-2   Not alert
6-D-3   Clammy
6-C-1   Abnormal breathing
6-C-2   Cardiac history

Burn Subject
7-D-1   Unconscious or arrest
7-D-2   Severe respiratory distress
7-D-3   Not alert
7-D-4   Explosion
7-D-5   Multiple victims
7-C-1   Building fire w/ persons inside
7-C-2   Difficulty breathing
7-C-3   Burns >18% BSA
7-B-1   Unknown status (3rd party caller)
7-A-1   Burns <18% BSA
7-A-2   Fire alarm unknown situation
7-A-3   Sunburn or minor burns

Hazardous Exposure
8-D-1   Unconscious or arrest
8-D-2   Severe respiratory distress
8-D-3   HAZ-MAT
8-D-4   Not alert
8-D-5   Multiple victims
8-D-6   Unknown status (3rd party caller)
8-C-1   Alert w/ difficulty breathing
8-B-1   Alert w/o difficulty breathing
8-A-1   CO alarm- EMS requested

Cardiac Arrest
9-E-1   Not breathing at all
9-E-2   Breathing uncertain
9-E-3   Hanging
9-E-4   Strangulation
9-E-5   Suffocation
9-E-6   Underwater
9-D-1   Ineffective breathing
9-B-1   Obvious death

Chest Pain
10-D-1   Severe respiratory distress
10-D-2   Not alert
10-D-3   Clammy
10-C-1   Abnormal breathing
10-C-2   Cardiac history
10-C-3   Cocaine
10-C-4   Breathing normally >35 y/o
10-A-1   Breathing normally <35 y/o

Choking
11-E-1   Choking verified/ ineffective breathing
11-D-1   Not alert
11-D-2   Abnormal breathing
11-A-1   Not choking now

Seizures
12-D-1   Not breathing
12-D-2   Continuous or multiple seizures
12-D-3   Irregular breathing
12-D-4   Breathing regularly not verified >35 y/o
12-C-1   Pregnancy
12-C-2   Diabetic
12-C-3   Cardiac history
12-B-1   Breathing regularly not verified <35 y/o
12-A-1   Not seizing now & breathing verified

Diabetic Problems
13-D-1   Unconscious
13-C-1   Not alert
13-C-2   Abnormal behavior
13-C-3   Abnormal breathing
13-A-1   Alert

Drowning
14-D-1   Unconscious
14-D-2   Not alert
14-D-3   Diving or neck injury
14-D-4   SCUBA accident
14-C-1   Alert w/ abnormal breathing
14-B-1   Alert & breathing normally w/ injuries
14-B-2   Unknown status (3rd party ca