EMS Clawson Codes
The
Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) is designed to improve the efficiency
of emergency medial service (EMS). There are three elements that are critical
to patient outcomes, time, distance, and the level of care. Every medical
emergency that goes through 911 has a protocol asked by the operator.
What is the problem, patient’s age, are they conscious and alert,
has breathing been verified. Once these questions have been addressed
a flip chart is used to determine the response code and assignment. The
MPDS codes are made up of a number followed by a letter and other number.
The first number denotes the type of incident. The letter gives the degree
of seriousness to the incident A being least and E being
the most life threatening. The last number gives more information about
the incident. |
| 1 | Abdominal Pain | ||
1 |
A1 |
Abdominal Pain | |
C1 |
Near/Near Syncope <50 | ||
C2 |
Femal with Syncope/Near Sycope(12-50) | ||
C3 |
Male with pain above Navel<35 | ||
C4 |
Female with pain above Navel<35 | ||
D1 |
Not Alert | ||
| 2 | Allergic/Envenomations (bites/stings) | ||
2 |
A1 |
No Difficulty Breathing/Swelling | |
A2 |
Spider Bite | ||
B1 |
Unknown Statuf (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Difficulty Breathing/Swelling | ||
C2 |
Special Medications/Injections used | ||
D1 |
Severe Respiratory Distress | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Conditioning Worsening | ||
D4 |
Swarming Attach | ||
D5 |
Snake Bite | ||
E1 |
Ineffective Breathing | ||
| 3 | Animal Bites/Stings | ||
3 |
A1 |
Not Dangerous Body Area | |
A2 |
Non Recent Injuries(<6 hours) | ||
A3 |
Superficial Bites | ||
B1 |
Possible Dangerous Body Area | ||
B2 |
Serious Hemorrhage | ||
B3 |
Unknown Status (3rd Priority Call) | ||
D1 |
Unconscious or Arrest | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Dangerous Body Area | ||
D4 |
Large Animal | ||
D5 |
Exotic Animal | ||
D6 |
Attack of Mulitple Animals | ||
| 4 | Assult (A)/Sexual Assult | ||
4 |
A1 |
Not Dangerous Body Area | |
A2 |
Not Recent Injuries (<6 hours) | ||
B1 |
Possible Dangerous Body Aria | ||
B2 |
Serious Injury | ||
B3 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
D1 |
Unconscious or Arrest | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Abdominal Breathing | ||
D4 |
Dangerous Body Area | ||
D5 |
Multiple Victims | ||
| 5 | Back Pain | ||
5 |
A1 |
Not Traumatic Back Pain | |
A2 |
Not Recent Traumatic BAck Pain (>6 hours) | ||
C1 |
Syncope/Near Syncope >50 | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
| 6 | Breathing Problem | ||
6 |
C1 |
Abnormal Breathing | |
C2 |
Cardiac History | ||
D1 |
Severe Respiratory Distress | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Clammy | ||
E1 |
Ineffective Breathing | ||
| 7 | Burns | ||
7 |
A1 |
Burns > 18% of Body | |
A2 |
Fire Alarm Unknown Situation | ||
A3 |
Sun Burn/Minor Burn Hand Size | ||
B1 |
Unknown Status (3rd Partyy Call) | ||
C1 |
Building Fire With People Reported Inside | ||
C2 |
Difficulty Breathing/Swelling | ||
C3 |
Burns < 18% of Body | ||
D1 |
Unconscious or Arrest | ||
D2 |
Severe Respriratory Distress | ||
D3 |
Not Alert | ||
D4 |
Explosion | ||
D5 |
Multiple Victims | ||
| 8 | Carbon Monoxide/Inhalation/Haz Mat | ||
8 |
A1 |
CO Doctor Alarm (w/o priority symptoms) | |
B1 |
Alert w/o Diffculity Breathing | ||
C1 |
Alert W/ Difficulty Breathing | ||
D1 |
Unconscious or Arrest | ||
D2 |
Severe Respiratory Distress | ||
D3 |
Haz Mat | ||
D4 |
Not Alert | ||
D5 |
Multiple Victims | ||
D6 |
Unknows Status (3rd Priorty Call) | ||
| 9 | Cardiac/Respiratory Arrest/Death | ||
9 |
B1 |
Obvious Death | |
D1 |
Ineffective Breathing | ||
E1 |
Not Breathing at All | ||
E2 |
Breathing Uncertian | ||
E3 |
Haning | ||
E4 |
Strangulation | ||
E5 |
Suffocation | ||
E6 |
Under Wather | ||
| 10 | Chest Pain | ||
10 |
A1 |
Breathing Normally <35 | |
C1 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
C2 |
Cardiac History | ||
C3 |
Cocaine | ||
C4 |
Breathing Normally >35 | ||
D1 |
Severe Respiratory Distress | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Clammy | ||
| 11 | Choking | ||
11 |
A1 |
Not Choking Now | |
D1 |
Not Alert | ||
D2 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
E1 |
Choking Verified | ||
| 12 | Convulsions/Seizures | ||
12 |
A1 |
Not Seizing Now/Breathing Regulary | |
B1 |
Breathing Regularly but Not Verified >35 | ||
B1 |
Pregnancy | ||
B2 |
Diabetic | ||
B3 |
Cardiac History | ||
D1 |
Not Breathing | ||
D2 |
Continuous/Multiple Seizures | ||
D3 |
Irregular Breathing | ||
D4 |
Breathing Regulary But Not Verified <35 | ||
| 13 | Diabetic Problems | ||
13 |
A1 |
Alert and Breathing Normally | |
C1 |
Alert and Breathing Normally | ||
C2 |
Abnomral Behavior | ||
C3 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
D1 |
Unconcious | ||
| 14 | Drowing | ||
14 |
A1 |
Alert and Breathing Normally | |
B1 |
Alert and Breathing Normally | ||
B2 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Alert w/ Abnormal Breathing | ||
D1 |
Unconscious | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Diving/Suspected Injury | ||
| 15 | Electronic/Lighting | ||
15 |
C1 |
Alert and Breathing | |
D1 |
Unconscious | ||
D2 |
Not Disconnected From Power | ||
D3 |
Power Not Off | ||
D4 |
Long Fall (>6ft) | ||
D5 |
Not Alert | ||
D6 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
D7 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
E1 |
Not Breathing | ||
| 16 | Eye Problems | ||
16 |
A1 |
Moderate Eye Injuries | |
A2 |
Minor Eye Injuries | ||
A3 |
Medical Eye Problems | ||
B1 |
Sever Eye Injuries | ||
D1 |
Not Alert | ||
| 17 | Falls | ||
17 |
A1 |
Not Dangerous Body Area | |
A2 |
Non Recent Injuries (<6 hours) | ||
B1 |
Possible Dangerous Body Area | ||
B2 |
Serous Body Injuries | ||
B3 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
D1 |
Dangerous Body Area | ||
D2 |
Long Fall (>6 ft) | ||
D3 |
Not Alert | ||
D4 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
| 18 | Headache | ||
18 |
A1 |
Breathing Normally | |
B1 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Not Alert | ||
C2 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
C3 |
Speech Problems | ||
C4 |
Sudden Onset of Sever Pain (<3 hours) | ||
C5 |
Numbness or Paralysis | ||
C6 |
Change in Behavior | ||
| 19 | Heart Problems | ||
19 |
A1 |
Heart Rate >50 bpm or <130 bpm | |
A2 |
Chest Pain <30 | ||
B1 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Fireing of AICD | ||
C2 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
C3 |
Cheat Pain <35 | ||
C4 |
Cardian Histoy | ||
C5 |
Cocaine | ||
C6 |
Heart RAte <50 bpm or >130 bpm | ||
D1 |
Sever Respiratory Distress | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Clammy | ||
| 21 | Hemorrhage/Laceraterons | ||
21 |
A1 |
Not Dangerous Hemorrhage | |
A2 |
Minor Hemorrhage | ||
B1 |
Possible dangerous Hemorrhage | ||
B2 |
Serious Hemorrhage | ||
B3 |
Bleeding Disorder or Blood Thinners | ||
C1 |
Hemorrhage Through Tubes | ||
D1 |
Dangerous Hemorrhage | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Multiple Victims | ||
| 22 | Industrial/Machinery Accidents | ||
22 |
B1 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | |
D1 |
Life Status Questionable | ||
D2 |
Caught in Machinery (unknown status) | ||
D3 |
Multiple Victims | ||
| 23 | Overdose/Poisoning (Ingestion) | ||
23 |
B1 |
Overdose (w/o priortiy symptoms | |
C1 |
Violence | ||
C2 |
Not Alert | ||
C3 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
C4 |
Antidepressant | ||
C5 |
Cocaine | ||
C6 |
Narcotics | ||
C7 |
Acitd or Alkali | ||
C8 |
Unknown Status (3rd party Call) | ||
C9 |
Poison Contol requested for Call | ||
D1 |
Unconscious | ||
D2 |
Sever Respiratory Distress | ||
| OMEGA-Poising W/O Priority Symptoms | |||
| (O)-denotes overdose | |||
| (p)-denotes poisoning | |||
| 24 | Pregnancy/Childbirth/Miscarriage | ||
24 |
A1 |
First Trimester Hemorage/Misscarrage | |
B1 |
Labor (delivery no imminent > 5mo/20weeks | ||
B2 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Second Trimester Hemmorage/Misscarrage | ||
C2 |
First Trimester Serious Hemmorage | ||
D1 |
Breach or Cord | ||
D2 |
Head Visible/Out | ||
D3 |
Imminate Delivery (> 5mo/20weeks) | ||
D4 |
Third Trimester Hemmorage | ||
D5 |
High Risk Complications | ||
D6 |
Baby Born | ||
| 25 | Psychiatric/Abnormal Behavioral | ||
25 |
A1 |
Non Violent/non-susidal | |
B2 |
Threating Suicide | ||
B3 |
Near Haning/Strangulation/Suffocation (alert) | ||
B4 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Violent | ||
D1 |
Not Alert | ||
| 26 | Sick Person | ||
26 |
A1 |
Non Priority Complaints | |
A2 |
2-B Non Priority Complaints | ||
B1 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Cardiac History | ||
D1 |
Not Aert | ||
| 27 | Stab/Gunshot/Penetrating Trauma | ||
27 |
A1 |
Non Recent Perpheral Wounds (>6 hours) | |
B1 |
Non Recent Single Central Wound (<6 hours) | ||
B2 |
Known Single Peripheral Wound (<6 hours) | ||
B3 |
Serious Hemmorage | ||
B4 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
D1 |
Uncontious or Arrest | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Centeral Wounds | ||
D4 |
Multiple Wounds | ||
D5 |
Multiple Victims | ||
| (S)-denotes stabbing (G)-denotes gunshot | |||
| (p)-denotes penetrating trauma | |||
| 28 | Stroke | ||
28 |
A1 |
Beneath Normal >35 | |
B1 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
C1 |
Not Alert | ||
C2 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
C3 |
Speech/Movement Problmes | ||
C4 |
Numbness or Tingling | ||
C5 |
Stroke History | ||
C6 |
Breathing Normally>35 | ||
| 29 | Traffic/Transpatoration Accident | ||
29 |
A1 |
First Priority Caller w/Injury to nondangerous body Area | |
B1 |
Injuries | ||
B2 |
Multiple Victims 1 Unit | ||
B3 |
Multiple Vicitms Multiple Units | ||
B4 |
Serouns Hemmorage | ||
B5 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
D1 |
Major Incident | ||
D2 |
High Mechanism | ||
D3 |
Haz Mat | ||
D4 |
Pinned (trapped) Victim | ||
D5 |
Not Alert | ||
| 30 | Traumatic Injuries (specific) | ||
30 |
A1 |
Not Dangerous Body Area | |
A2 |
Non Recnet injuries (<6 hours) | ||
B1 |
Possible Dangerous Body Area | ||
B2 |
Serious Hemmorage | ||
D1 |
Dangerous Body Area | ||
D2 |
Not Alert | ||
D3 |
Abnormal Breathing | ||
| 31 | Unconscouns/Fainting (near) | ||
31 |
A1 |
Sinle/Near Syncopal Episode | |
C1 |
Alert and Breathing Normally | ||
C2 |
Cardiac History | ||
C3 |
Multiple Syncopal Episode | ||
C4 |
Multiple Near/Syncopla Epsode | ||
C5 |
Female 15-20 w/Abnormal Breathing | ||
D1 |
Uncontous | ||
D2 |
Severe Respatory Distress | ||
D3 |
Not Alert | ||
E1 |
Ineffective Breating | ||
| 32 | Unknown Problem (Man Down) | ||
32 |
B1 |
Standing, Sitting, Moving, or Walking | |
B2 |
Medical Alert Notifaciton | ||
B3 |
Unknown Status (3rd Party Call) | ||
D1 |
Life Status Questionable | ||
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