Montgomery County (TX) EMS Codes and Priority Levels
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EMS Codes
01: ABDOMINAL PAIN
>1A1: Abdominal Pain >1C1: Fainting/Near Fainting (Age >/=50) >1C2: Female Fainting/Near Fainting (Age 12-50) >1C3: Male with Pain Above Navel (Age >/=35) >1C4: Female with Pain Above Navel (Age >/=45) >1D1: Not Alert
02: ALLERGIES/REACTIONS/ENVENOMATIONS
>2A1: No Difficulty Breathing/Swallowing >2A2: Spider Bite >2B1: Unknown Status >2C1: Difficulty Breathing/Swallowing >2C2: Special Medications/Injections Used >2D1: Severe Respiratory Distress >2D2: Not Alert >2D3: Condition Worsening >2D4: Swarming Attack >2D5: Snakebite >2E1: Ineffective Breathing
03: ANIMAL BITE/ATTACK
>3A1: Injury to Non-Dangerous Body Area >3A2: Non-Recent Injury (Elapsed Time >/=6 Hours) >3A3: Superficial Bites >3B1: Possible Injury to Dangerous Body Area >3B2: Serious Hemorrhage >3B3: Unknown Injuries >3D1: Unconscious/Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest >3D4: Large Animal >3D5: Exotic Animal >3D6: Multiple Animals
04: ASSAULT/SEXUAL ASSAULT
>A: Assault >S: Sexual Assault >4A1: Injury to Non-Dangerous Body Area >4A2: Non-Recent Injuries (Elapsed Time >/=6 Hours) >4B1: Injury to Dangerous Body Area >4B2: Serious Hemorrage >4B3: Unknown Status >4D1: Unconscious/Respiratory or Cardiac Arrest >4D2: Not Alert >4D3: Abnormal Breathing >4D4: Injury to Dangerous Body Area >4D5: Multiple Victims
05: BACK PAIN
>5A1: Non-Traumatic Back Pain >5A2: Non-Recent Traumatic Back Pain (Elapsed Time >/=6 Hours) >5C1: Fainting/Near Fainting (Age >/=50) >5D1: Not Alert
06: BREATHING PROBLEMS
>A: Asthma Attack >6C1: Abnormal Breathing >6C2: Cardiac History >6D1: Severe Respiratory Distress >6D2: Not Alert >6D3: Clammy >6E1: Ineffective Breathing
07: BURNS/EXPLOSIONS
>E: Explosion >F: Fire Present >7A1: Burns (7A2: Fire Alarm/Unknown Situation >7A3: Sunburn/Minor Burn (7B1: Unknown Status >7C1: Building Fire With Victims Inside >7C2: Difficulty Breathing >7C3: Burns (>/=18% of Body Area) >7D1: Unconscious/Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest >7D2: Severe Respiratory Arrest >7D3: Not Alert >7D4: Explosion >7D5: Multiple Victims
08: CARBON MONOXIDE/INHALATION/HAZMAT
>8A1: CO Detector Alarm (Without Priority Symptoms) >8B1: Alert Without Difficulty Breathing >8C1: Unconscious/Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest >8D2: Severe Respiratory Arrest >8D3: HAZMAT >8D4: Not Alert >8D5: Multiple Victims >8D6: Unknown Status
09: CARDIAC OR RESPIRATORY ARREST/DEATH
>9B1: Obvious Death Situation (Obvious Death) >9D1: Ineffective Breathing >9E1: Not Breathing >9E2: Breathing Uncertain >9E3: Hanging >9E4: Strangulation >9E5: Suffocation >9E6: Drowning >9O1: Expected Death (Obvious)
10: CHEST PAIN
>10A1: Normal Breathing (Age 10C1: Abnormal Breathing >10C2: Cardiac History >10C3: Narcotics-Related >10C4: Breathing Normally (Age >/=35) >10D1: Severe Respiratory Distress >10D2: Not Alert >10D3: Clammy
11: CHOKING
>11A1: Not Currently Choking >11D1: Not Alert >11D2: Abnormal Breathing (Partial Obstruction) >11E1: Choking Verified/Ineffective Breathing
12: CONVULSIONS/SEIZURES
>E: Epileptic >12A1: Not Currently Seizing/Breathing Regularly (Verified) >12B1: Breathing Regularly (Not Verified) >12C1: Pregnancy >12C2: Diabetic >12C3: Cardiac History >12D1: Not Breathing >12D2: Continuous/Multiple Seizures >12D3: Irregular Breathing >12D4: Breathing Regularly (Not Verified)
13: DIABETIC PROBLEMS
>C: Combative >13A1: Alert >13C1: Not Alert >13C2: Abnormal Behavior >13C3: Abnormal Breathing >13D1: Unconscious
14: NEAR DROWNING/DIVING/SCUBA ACCIDENT
>14A1: Alert, Breathing Normally (No Injuries, Out of Water) >14B1: Alert, Breathing Normally (Injuries/Still in Water) >14B2: Unknown Status >14C1: Alert, Abnormal Breathing >14D1: Unconscious >14D2: Not Alert >14D3: Diving-Suspected Neck Injury >14D4: Scuba Accident
15: ELECTROCUTION/LIGHTNING STRIKE
>E: Electrocution >L: Lightning Strike >15C1: Alert/Breathing Normally >15D1: Unconscious >15D2: Not Disconnected From Power >15D3: Power Not Off/Hazard Present >15D4: Long Fall >15D5: Not Alert >15D6: Abnormal Breathing >15D7: Unknown Status >15E1: Not Breathing/Ineffective Breathing
16: EYE PROBLEMS/INJURY
>16A1: Moderate Eye Injury >16A2: Minor Eye Injury >16A3: Medical Eye Injury >16B1: Severe Eye Injuries >16D1: Not Alert
17: FALLS
>J: Jumper >17A1: Injury to Non-Dangerous Body Area >17A2: Non-Recent Injury (Elapsed Time >/=6 Hours) >17B1: Possible Injury to Dangerous Body Area >17B2: Serious Hemorrhage >17B3: Unknown Status >17D1: Injury to Dangerous Body Area >17D2: Long Fall (Height >/=6 Feet) >17D3: Not Alert >17D4: Abnormal Breathing >17O1: Public Assist (No Injuries)
18: HEADACHE
>18A1: Breathing Normally >18B1: Unknown Status >18C1: Not Alert >18C2: Abnormal Breathing >18C3: Speech Problems >18C4: Sudden Onset of Severe Pain (Elapsed Time 18C5: Numbness/Paralysis >18C6: Change in Behavior (Elapsed Time 19A1: Heart Rate >/=50 BPM and 19A2: Chest Pain Age 19B1: Unknown Status >19C1: Firing of AICD (Automatic Internal Cardiac Defribulator) >19C2: Abnormal Breathing >19C3: Chest Pain (Age >/=35) >19C4: Cardiac History >19C5: Narcotics Related >19C6: Heart Rate /=13 BPM (W/O Priority Symptoms) >19D1: Severe Respiratory Distress >19D2: Not Alert >19D3: Clammy
20: HEAT/COLD EXPOSURE
>H: Heat Exposure >C: Cold Exposure >20A1: Alert >20B1: Change in Skin Color >20B2: Unknown Status >20C1: Cardiac History >20D1: Not Alert
21: HEMORRHAGE/LACERATION
>21A1: Non-Dangerous Hemorrhage >21A2: Minor Hemorrhage >21B1: Possibly Dangerous Hemorrhage >21B2: Serious Hemorrhage >21B3: Bleeding Disorder/Blood Thinners >21C1: Bleeding Through Tubes >21D1: Dangerous Hemorrhage >21D2: Not Alert >21D3: Abnormal Breathing
22: INDUSTRIAL/MACHINE ACCIDENTS/INACCESSIBLE ACCIDENT
>A: Above Ground >M: Multiple Victims >B: Both A & M >22B1: Unknown Situation >22D1: Life Status Questionable >22D2: Caught In Machinery >22D3: Multiple Victims
23: OVERDOSE/POISONING (INGESTION)
>A: Accidental >I: Intentional >O: Overdose >P: Poisoning/Poison Control Requested Response >23B1: Overdose (W/O Priority Symptoms) >23C1: Violent (Police Must Secure) >23C2: Not Alert >23C3: Abnormal Breathing >23C4: Antidepressants (Tricyclic) >23C5: Narcotics (Cocaine or Derivative) >23C6: Narcotics (Heroin) >23C7: Acid/Alkali (Lye) >23C8: Unknown Status >23C9: Poison Control-Requested Response >23D1: Unconscious >23D2: Severe Respiratory Distress
24: PREGNANCY/CHILDBIRTH/MISCARRIAGE
>24A1: 1st Trimester Hemorrhage or Miscarriage >24B1: Unknown Status >24B2: 1st Trimester Serious Hemorrhage >24D1: Breech or Cord >24D2: Head Visible/Out >24D3: Imminent Delivery (Term >/=5 Months/20 Weeks) >24D4: 3rd Trimester Hemorrhage >24D5: High-Risk Complications >24D6: Baby Born
25: PSYCHIATRIC/ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR/SUICIDE ATTEMPT
>V: Violent >W: Weapon >B: Both V & W >25A1: Non-Violent/Non-Suicidal >25B1: Violent (Police Must Secure) >25B2: Threatening Suicide >25B3: Near Hanging/Strangulation/Suffocation (Alert) >25B4: Unknown Status >25D1: Not Alert
26: SICK CALL (SPECIFIC DIAGNOSIS)
>26A1: No Priority Symptoms >26A2: Various Non-Priority Symptoms >26B1: Unknown Status >26C1: Cardiac History >26D1: Not Alert
27: STAB/GUNSHOT/PENETRATING TRAUMA
>G: Gunshot >P: Penetrating Wound >S: Stabbing >27A1: Non-Recent Peripheral Wound (Elapsed Time >/=6 Hours) >27B1: Non-Recent Single Central Wound (Elapsed Time >/=6 Hours) >27B2: Known Single Peripheral Wound >27B3: Serious Hemorrhage >27B4: Unknown Status >27D1: Unconscious/Cardiac or Respiratory Arrest >27D2: Not Alert >27D3: Central Wounds >27D4: Multiple Wounds >27D5: Multiple Victims
28: STROKE/CVA
>28A1: Breathing Normally >28B1: Unknown Status >28C1: Not Alert >28C2: Abnormal Breathing >28C3: Speech/Movement Problems >28C4: Numbness/Tingling >28C5: Stroke History >28C6: Breathing Normally (Age >/=35)
29: TRAFFIC/TRANSPORTATION ACCIDENTS
>29A1: 1st Party Caller with Injury to Non-Dangerous Body Area >29B1: Injuries >29B2: Multiple Victims (1 Unit Needed) >29B3: Multiple Victims (Additional Units Needed) >29B4: Victim with Serious Hemorrhage >29B5: Accident with Unknown Patient Status >29D1: Major Accident >29D1A: Aircraft >29D1B: Bus >29D1C: Subway >29D1D: Train >29D1E: Watercraft >29D2A: High Mechanism/ATV Accident >29D2B: Car vs. Motorcycle/Bicycle >29D2C: Pedestrian >29D2D: Ejection >29D2E: Personal Watercraft >29D2F: Rollover >29D2G: Vehicle off Bridge or From Height >29D3: HZMAT >29D4: Entrapment >29D5: Victim Not Alert
30: TRAUMATIC INJURIES (SPECIFIC)
>30A1: Injury to Non-Dangerous Body Area >30A2: Non-Recent Injury (Elapsed Time >/=6 Hours) >30B1: Possible Injury to Dangerous Body Area >30B2: Serious Hemorrhage >30D1: Injury to Dangerous Body Area >30D2: Not Alert >30D3: Abnormal Breathing
31: UNCONSCIOUS/NEAR FAINTING
>31A1: Single/Near Fainting Episode and Alert (Age 31C1: Alert with Normal Breathing >31C2: Cardiac History >31C3: Multiple Fainting Episodes >31C4: Single/Near fainting Episode (Age >/=35) >31C5: Female Age 12-50 with Abnormal Pain >31D1: Unconscious (At the end of a police interrogation) >31D2: Severe Respiratory Distress >31D3: Not Alert >31E1: Ineffective Breathing
32: UNKNOWN PROBLEM/SUBJECT DOWN
>32B1: Standing, Sitting, Moving, or Talking >32B2: Medical Alarm Notification >32B3: Unkown Status >32D1: Life Status Questionable
33: INTERFACILITY/PALLIATIVE CARE
>T: Transfer >33A1: Acuity I (No Priority Symptoms) >33A2: Acuity II (No Priority Symptoms) >33A3: Acuity III (No Priority Symptoms) >33C1: Not Alert (Acute Change) >33C2: Abnormal Breathing (Acute Onset) >33C3: Significant Hemorrhage/Shock >33C4: Possible AcuteHeart Problems or MI (Heart Attack) >33C5: Acute Severe Pain >33C6: Emergency Response Requested >33D1: Suspected Cardiac/Respiratory Arrest
Priority Levels
- Priority 1: Medical Response w/Fire Department
- Priotity 2: Medical Response Only
- Priority 3: Non-Emergency Medical Response