EMD v11

Emergency Medical Dispatch

11:    Choking
12:    Convulsions / Seizures
13:    14:    Drowning (Near) / Diving / SCUBA Accidents
15:    Electrocution / Lightning
16:    Eye Problems / Injury
18:    Headache
19:    Heart Problems / A.I.C.D.
20:    Heat / Cold Exposure
21:    Hemorrhage / Lacerations
22:    Industrial / Machinery Accidents
23:    Overdose / Poisoning (Ingestion)
24:    Pregnancy / Childbirth / Miscarriage
25:    Psychiatric / Abnormal Behavior / Suicide Attempt
28:    Stroke (CVA)
30:    Traumatic Injuries (Specific)
31:    Unconscious / Fainting (Near)
33:    Interfacility / Palliative Care

1:    Abdominal Pain / Problems

D - 1    Not Alert

C - 1    Fainting or Near Fainting >50 y/o
C - 2    Females with fainting or near fainting 12 - 50 y/o
C - 3    Males with pain above navel >35 y/o
C - 4    Females with pain above navel >45 y/o

A - 1    Abdominal Pain

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2: Allergies (Reactions) / Envenomations (Stings, Bites)

E-1    Ineffective Breathing

D-1    Severe respiratory distress
D-2    Not Alert
D-3    Condition Worsening
D-4    Swarming Attack ( bee, wasp, hornet)
D-5    Snakebite

C-1    Difficulty Breathing or swallowing
C-2    Special Medications or Injections used

B-1    Unknown Status (3rd party caller)

A-1    No difficulty breathing or swallowing
            (Rash, Hives or itching may be present)
A-2    Spider bite

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4:    Assault / Sexual Assault

D-1    Unconscious or Arrest
D-2    Not Alert
D-3    Abnormal Breathing
D-4    Dangerous body area
D-5    Multiple victims

B-1    Possibly Dangerous body area
B-2    Serious hemorrhage
B-3    Unknown Status

A-1    Not Dangerous body area
A-2    Non-Recent (Injuries >6hrs)

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6:    Breathing Problems

E-1    Ineffective Breathing

D-1    Severe Respiratory Distress
D-2    Not Alert
D-3    Clammy

C-1    Abnormal Breathing
C-2    Cardiac

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9:    Cardiac or Respiratory Distress

E-1    Not breathing at all
E-2    Breathing uncertain (agonal)
E-3    Hanging
E-4    Strangulation
E-5    Suffocation
E-6    Underwater

D-1    Ineffective Breathing

B-1    Obvious Death (Unquestionable)

Ω-1    Expected Death

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10:    Chest Pain

D-1    Severe Respiratory Distress
D-2    Not Alert
D-3    Clammy

C-1    Abnormal Breathing
C-2    Cardiac History
C-3    Cocaine
C-4    Breathing normally <35

A-1    Breathing normally <35

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13:    Diabetic Problems

D-1    Unconscious

C-1    Not alert
C-2    Abnormal behavior
C-3    Abnormal breathing

A-1    Alert

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17:    Falls

D-1    Dangerous
D-2    Long Fall (>6ft)
D-3    Not Alert
D-4    Abnormal Breathing

B-1    Possibly Dangerous body area
B-2    Serious hemorrhage
B-3    Unknown Status (3rd party)

A-1    Not dangerous body area
A-2    Non-recent    (>6hrs) injuries (without priority symptoms)

Ω-1    Public assist (No injuries and no priority symptoms)

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26:    Sick Person (specific diagnosis)

D-1    Not alert

C-1    Cardiac History

B-1    Unknown

A-1    No priority symptoms

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27:    Stab / Gunshot / Penetrating Trauma

D-1    Unconscious or arrest
D-2    Not alert
D-3    Central Wounds
D-4    Multiple wounds
D-5    Multiple victims

B-1    Non-Recent (>6hrs) single central wound
B-2    Known single peripheral wound
B-3    Serious Hemorrhage
B-4    Unknown Status (3rd party caller)

A-1    Non-Recent (>6hrs) Peripheral

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29:    Traffic / Transportation Accidents

D-1    Major Incident
D-2    High Mechanism
D-3    Haz-Mat
D-4    Pinned (extrication)
D-5    Not Alert

B-1    Injuries
B-2    Multiple Victims (One Unit)
B-3    Multiple Victims (additional units)
B-4    Serious Hemorrhage
B-5    Unknown Status (3rd party caller)

A-1    1st party caller with injury to not dangerous body area

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32:    Unknown Problem (Man Down)

D-1    Life Status questionable

B-1    Standing, Sitting, Moving, or Talking
B-2    Medical Alert notifications
B-3    Unknown Status (3rd party caller)

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