Ambulance Response/Assessment Codes
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Response Priorities
Colour or Code | Priority | Response Description |
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Purple | Very High | Immediately life-threatening - cardiac/respiratory arrest Under lights(broadcast over the radio for closest vehicle to attend) |
Red Red 1 Red 2 |
High | Potentially life-threatening or time-critical Under lights |
Orange Orange 1 Orange 2 |
Medium | Urgent or potentially serious Road speed(crew may respond under lights if appropriate) |
Green Green 1 Green 2 |
Low | Non-urgent(low acuity) Road speed |
Grey | Very Low | Non-urgent(low acuity) Referred to Clinical Desk |
PTS | Very Low | Patient Transfer Service Jobs |
Private Hire | Very Low | Private Hire Jobs, such as Events |
Air Transfer | Very Low | Transfers of Patients or Equipment from Air jobs |
Notification | Very Low | Used for event jobs, stand bys etc. |
Triage | Very Low | Triage |
Patient Status Codes
Patient status codes are a numerical range used to indicate the severity of a patients injuries or condition
A patients status may be changed based upon clinical presentation but should not be changed for mechanism of injury or age of the patient
Status | Patient Condition | Triage Urgency | Triage Tag |
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Zero | Dead | Not Required | Black/White |
One | Critical | Immediate | Red |
Two | Serious | Urgent | Orange/Yellow |
Three | Moderate | Delayed | Green |
Four | Minor | Delayed | Green |
METHANE Report
Used to provide details from scene to comms about a major incident
METHANE stands for:
M | Major incident declared |
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E | Exact Location of Incident |
T | Type of Incident |
H | Hazards Present or Suspected |
A | Access to and from from the incident scene |
N | Number, Type and Severity of Casualties |
E | Emergency services required and already on scene |