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Dispatching of ambulances is done through Central Ambulance Communication Centres, or CACC. The service provider is the entity that controls the CACC. For example, Toronto and Ottawa self-dispatch and run their own CACCs whereas Hamilton and Cambridge CACCs are run by the Ministry of Health (Provincial Government). | Dispatching of ambulances is done through Central Ambulance Communication Centres, or CACC. The service provider is the entity that controls the CACC. For example, Toronto and Ottawa self-dispatch and run their own CACCs whereas Hamilton and Cambridge CACCs are run by the Ministry of Health (Provincial Government). | ||
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Ambulance Communication Services (ACS)
Dispatching of ambulances is done through Central Ambulance Communication Centres, or CACC. The service provider is the entity that controls the CACC. For example, Toronto and Ottawa self-dispatch and run their own CACCs whereas Hamilton and Cambridge CACCs are run by the Ministry of Health (Provincial Government).
Procedures and additional information for Ottawa CACC (but still applicable to other areas) can be found on this page: https://www.ottawaparamedics.ca/communications/
List of Central Ambulance Communications Centres (CACC)
Detailed talkgroup listings for MOH CACC's can be found for:
- Zone 1: https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=861
- Zone 2: https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=2560
- Zone 3: https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=3511
- Zone 4: https://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?sid=5490
- Cambridge CACC
Service provider: Province
Coverage: Waterloo Region (except extreme SW), Wellington Co, Dufferin Co & Caledon?)
- Georgian (Barrie)CACC
Service provider: Province Coverage: York Region, Simcoe Co.
- Hamilton CACC
Service provider: Province
Coverage: City of Hamilton, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk Counties.
- Kenora CACC
Service provider: Hospital
- Kingston CACC
Service provider: Hospital
- Lindsay CACC
Service provider: Province
- London CACC
Service provider: Province
- Mississauga CACC
Service provider: Province
Coverage: Peel (except Caledon) and Halton Region.
- Niagara CACC
Service Provider-??? Coverage: Niagara Region
- North Bay CACC
Service provider: Hospital
- Oshawa (Whitby)CACC
Service provider: Province
- Ottawa CACC
Service provider: Municipality
- Renfrew CACC
Service provider: Province
- Sault Ste. Marie CACC
Service provider: Hospital
- Sudbury CACC
Service provider: Province
- Thunder Bay CACC
Service provider: Province
- Timmins CACC
Service provider: Municipality
- Toronto CACC
Service provider: Municipality
Coverage: City of Toronto
- Wallaceburg CACC
Service provider: Hospital
- Windsor CACC
Service provider: Province
Vehicle Numbers
See these forum threads for more information: https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/ambulance-numbering.292497/ https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/ambulance-unit-numbers.405909/
2xxx - First digit is Region. 1 is the London, Oxford, and Perth area; 2 is Waterloo, Wellington, Hamilton, and Niagara area; 3 is Halton, Peel, and York area
x1xx - Second digit designates the vehicle type. 0, 1 and 2 are usually ambulances with stretchers. 3 usually refers to Supervisors or First Response Units (i.e., no patient transport capability)
Ontario Ambulance 10 Codes
10 codes
- 10-3 All Vehicles stop Transmitting
- 10-4 Acknowledged
- 10-6 Busy-Stand by unless Urgent
- 10-7 Arrived(or OUT of Service)
- 10-8 Departed (or IN service)
- 10-9 Repeat last Transmission
- 10-13 Unable to reply (Relative near by etc.)
- 10-19 Return to Base
- 10-20 What's your Location
- 10-21 Phone by Landline or Cellular
- 10-25 Non-Violent Psychiatric Patient
- 10-26 Call is cancelled
- 10-27 Hostage Taking or SWAT Standby
- 10-34 What's the Hospital status
- 10-36 Emergency is CLOSED (Critical care Bypass)
- 10-37 Emergency is OPEN to Code 3's only (ReDirect Considerations)
- 10-38 Emergency is CLEAR
- 10-50 Violent Psychiatric Patient
- 10-100 Bomb Threat
- 10-200 Have Police Attend (often abbreviated to 10-2's)
- 10-2000 Send Police IMMEDIATELY
Ontario Priority Codes
Priority Codes
- CODE 1 Any non-important call
- CODE 2 Scheduled call
- CODE 3 Prompt call, not life threatening, lights and siren optional
- CODE 4 Life Threatening, lights on, siren optional
- CODE 5 Obviously dead (Rigidity, Decomposition, Vivisection, Decapitation...)
- CODE 6 Legally dead
- CODE 7 Unstaffed at station OR out of service
*71 = No patient found *72 = Patient refused care/transport *73 = Patient expired [as in decease] *74 = Patient in police custody *75 = Transported by another ambulance *76 = Canceled before patient contact
- CODE 8 Standby at location
- CODE 9 Unit in for servicing (Not Usable)
- CODE 19 non-essential call
CTAS Levels
The Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale (CTAS) has five levels:
Level 1: Resuscitation – Conditions that are threats to life or limb
Level 2: Emergent – Conditions that are a potential threat to life, limb or function
Level 3: Urgent – Serious conditions that require emergency intervention
Level 4: Less urgent – Conditions that relate to patient distress or potential complications that would benefit from intervention
Level 5: Non-urgent – Conditions that are non-urgent or that may be part of a chronic problem
Acronyms
ACP Advanced care paramedic ALS Advanced Life Support BLS Basic Life Support CACC Central Ambulance Communications Centre CMH Cambridge Memorial Hospital (in Cambridge CACC coverage area) COPD A lung disease that can cause breathing problems (Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) CVA Stroke (cerebrovascular accident) JB Joseph Brant Hospital (in Mississauga CACC coverage area) LOA Level of awareness LOC Level of consciousness MVC Motor vehicle collision TOC Transfer of care. Time which patient has been transferred into the care of a receiving facility (e.g., hospital) TOR Termination of Rescucitation VSA Vital signs absent
Terminology
Patch - Usually refers to patient reports between ambulance and hospital done over the radio, facilitated by a 'patch' between a hospital talkgroup and a MOH talkgroup
Tiered - A multi-agency response. Depending on the call and local procedures, Fire or Police will respond alongside EMS. For example, if there's a call for a cardiac arrest, Fire will be 'tiered' and respond to the call with EMS. A major highway collision will usually have Police, Fire and EMS respond, a 'fully tiered' response.
UTM - Coordinates that specifies a 1 KM block on a map. You can use this converter (http://www.bpsmicro.com/utmgoogleapp.htm) to see the approximate area on Google Maps. Set the ellipsoid to 'WGS-84', and for Waterloo/Wellington, set the UTM zone to '17T'. Enter the 7-digit UTM in the 'CACC UTM' box, and then press 'Display'. See this forum thread for more information: https://forums.radioreference.com/threads/how-does-the-utm-work.202680/