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Here are a list of common incidents which you may hear.
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Cambria County EMD Response Levels
ALPHA Response = BLS - Closest basic life
support transport unit - COLD
Basic EMT's are educated to handle
anything that appears in this category.
BRAVO Response = BLS - Closest basic life
support unit - HOT , occasionally cold.
Something about this response merits
a rapid response, but the entire system does not need to be mobilized.
BRAVO Level calls may result in occasionally upgrading to advanced life support
based on scene findings. BLS care can be administered until ALS crew's arrival.
CHARLIE Response = ALS - Closest advanced life
support unit - HOT , occasionally cold, basic life support transport Cold.
The callers interview has identified
the need for advanced life support providers. Also the need for patient
transport is likely, so the basic life support crews will take a few minutes to
evaluate and treat the patient at the scene.
DELTA Response = ALS - Maximal response, both
basic and advanced life support providers.
While advanced life support providers
would always go HOT, the basic life support transport unit may respond Hot to
cases of critical trauma where rapid transport is essential, or they may respond
Cold when a medical patient will be worked for 20 to 30 minutes at the
scene. There will always be situations that warrant having every
appropriate responder travel Hot to the scene.
ECHO Response = ALS - Closest apparatus of any
kind, HOT, ALS Responders Hot.
The situation warrants the nearest
resource to respond immediately to aid patients who are dying right now.
OMEGA Response = BLS - Effectively handled by
non traditional response means.
Someone who has fallen and need aid
returning to their resting position is an example.
Fire/Rescue Incidents
- SF - Structure Fire
- Any call such as, Structure Fire, Electrical Fire, Appliance Fire, Smoke
in a Structure, Smell of Something Burning in a Structure, and Vehicle or
Brush Fire Endangering a Structure.
- FA - Fire Alarm
- Report, usually from an alarm company, of the activation of a fire alarm
system, without confirmation of smoke or fire.
- BF - Barn Fire
- Any such call as Structure Fire, however located in a barn.
- VHF - Passenger Vehicle
Fire
- Fire involving a passenger vehicle such as car or minivan.
- CVF - Commercial Vehicle
Fire
- Fire involving a commercial vehicle such as delivery truck or
tractor-trailer.
- ACC - Accident with
Injuries
- Vehicle accident with injuries requiring emergency medical care. Vehicle
may be car, van, truck, motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile, etc.
- ACE - Accident with
Entrapment
- Vehicle accident with a patient reported entrapped or confined (not
entrapped but cannot exit) in a vehicle.
- ACC - Car-Pedestrian
Accident
- Person struck by a motor vehicle (includes bicyclists).
- PHR - Physical Rescue
- Involves entanglement in machinery, confined space rescue, patient needing
carried from a wooded area, or a person stuck in an elevator.
- MT - Mass Casualty Incident
- Accident involving multiple patients (more than five). (Could be a School
Bus, Train, or Plane)
- FF - Flue Fire
- Fire located in flue or chimney.
- WTR - Water Rescue
- Involves a rescue from a larger body of water or river, also includes Ice
Rescues.
- IOS -
Investigation Outside a Structure
- Someone in a car at an intersection reports they see smoke and can smell
something burning but can't pinpoint where.
- IIS -
Investigation Inside a Structure
- Odor of gas inside a structure.
- WF - Wildfire
- Fire involving leaves, brush, or woods.
- MIS/MIN - Minimum Response
- Minimum response to any incident. Used for wires or trees down, traffic
control, carbon monoxide alarm, malfunctioning appliances, or a dumpster
fire.
- CO Alarm
- A carbon monoxide detector activation.
- Dumpster Fire
- Large trash container on fire.
- Fire Out
- Report of a fire that has been extinguished. May be dispatched as full
alarm assignment or reduced assignment at discretion of dispatcher. The
fire department responds to confirm fire is out.
- Landing Zone Set-up
- Unit sent to establish a landing zone for a medevac helicopter.
- Lock-In
- Person (usually a child) locked in a car or building
- Lock-Out
- Person (usually an adult) locked out of a car or building.
- Non-emergency Standby
- Transfer of specific units to cover an area when other units are
committed on an extended incident.
- Transformer Fire
- Fire in an exterior transformer (fire dept on standby until electric
company arrives).
- Utility Pole on Fire
- Wires on Fire/Arcing/Down
- Electric wires arcing or on fire (fire dept on standby until electric
company arrives).
- HMN - Hazmat Minor Incident
- Small hazmat incident, such as an oil spill or a flow of gas, which can be
pumped (5-10 gallons).
- HMJ - Hazmat Major Incident
- Large hazmat incident, such as a flow of gas greater than 10 gallons.
- Stand By
- Another station may need your assistance. Respond to the station and
get ready.
EMS Incidents
- ALS - Advanced Life Support
- Call requiring the services of a Paramedic.
- BLS - Basic Life Support
- Call not requiring the services of a Paramedic, can be handled by
Emergency Medical Technicians.
- Allergic Reaction
- Reaction to medication, insect bite, etc.
- Attempted Suicide
- Suicide attempt by unclassified means, usually suicidal ideation rather
than an actual attempt.
- Back Pain
Patient is
reporting severe back pain.
- Burn Injury
- Person who has been burned. May also include those who have been scalded
by hot liquid.
- Cardiac Arrest
- Person who does not have a pulse and is not breathing, patient is
considered "workable."
- Cardiac Related Emergency
- Any cardiac related problem such as congestive heart failure or a heart
attack.
- Chest Pain
- Person reporting pain in chest, but not explicitly stating heart attack.
- Decreased Level of
Consciousness
- Patient with an altered mental status, possibly due to stroke or other
brain injury.
- Diabetic Emergency
- Person reported to be suffering from a diabetic emergency.
- Difficulty Breathing
- Trouble breathing, may be related to asthma attack or shortness of breath.
- Emergency Childbirth
- Possible childbirth, also includes possible miscarriages.
- Emergency Transport
- Request from a hospital for an ALS level patient transfer to another
facility. These transports are emergent due to patient condition that
requires transfer to a specialty/advanced care hospital.
- Electrocution
- Patient has been injured by electric current.
- Fall Injury
Patient has
been injured due to a fall.
- Ill Person
- Any sort of undefined illness.
- Injured Person
- Injured person requiring EMS care.
- Injured
Person as the Result of an Assault
- Person injured from an act of violence; assumed to be an uncontrolled
scene pending the arrival of a police agency.
- Injured
Person as the Result of a Vehicle Accident
- Injured person from a minor auto accident with police on the scene
confirming that there is no need for fire department response.
- Lift Assist
- Request to assist a patient who has fallen and is unable to get up.
- Man/Woman Down
- Person down, often associated with intoxication or vagrancy.
- Medical Emergency Alarm
- Report from an alarm company of the activation of a monitored medical
alarm system, usually activated by the occupant of a dwelling who is
bedridden or otherwise unable to reach a telephone.
- Non-emergency Transport
- Non-emergency transport of a patient to or from a hospital, clinic, or
residence.
- Obvious Death
- Patient believed to be beyond resuscitation or an expected natural death.
- Overdose
- Person who has overdosed (accidentally or otherwise) on medication.
- Person Choking
- Airway obstruction.
- Person Hemorrhaging
- Uncontrolled bleeding.
- Psychiatric Emergency
- Person in need of psychiatric care, assumed to be an uncontrolled scene
pending the arrival of a police agency.
- Respiratory Arrest
- Person who has stopped breathing for any reason.
- Shooting
- Request to assist a victim of firearm violence.
- Stabbing
- Serious stab injury.
- Stroke
- Reported stroke or neurological emergency.
- Seizure
- Person is suffering from seizure.
- Unconscious Person
- Person who has lost consciousness for any reason.
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