Emergency Codes and MPDS Triage System for Paramedic Dispatch
1. Code 1 deferrable
2. Code 2 Scheduled
3. Code 3 prompt
4. Code 4 urgent care
5. Code 5 obviously dead
6. Code 6 legally dead
7. Code 7 Unstatted/ down statted vehicles
8. Code 8 standby location
9. Code 9 Unit in for servicing
10. Code 10 non-essential call
11. Purpose of CACC - CACC is operated by the MOHLTC and receives 911 calls, inter-facility transfers
and dispatches paramedics
- CACC also tiers fire and police to medical calls if warranted
12. What is MPDS a medical triage system designed to prioritize the most urgent calls, it ensures
resources are allocated based on the clinical needs of each call
13. MPDS Triage 3 1. Life threatening (cardiac/ respiratory arrest MI, severe allergic reaction, uncon-
categories scious, stroke in the window of controlled bleeding)
2. Serious but not life threatening (non descript abdominal pain, stroke out of the
window)
3. Minor illness and injuries (toe pain, lift assist)
14. 10-3
1/4
1. Code 1 deferrable
2. Code 2 Scheduled
3. Code 3 prompt
4. Code 4 urgent care
5. Code 5 obviously dead
6. Code 6 legally dead
7. Code 7 Unstatted/ down statted vehicles
8. Code 8 standby location
9. Code 9 Unit in for servicing
10. Code 10 non-essential call
11. Purpose of CACC - CACC is operated by the MOHLTC and receives 911 calls, inter-facility transfers
and dispatches paramedics
- CACC also tiers fire and police to medical calls if warranted
12. What is MPDS a medical triage system designed to prioritize the most urgent calls, it ensures
resources are allocated based on the clinical needs of each call
13. MPDS Triage 3 1. Life threatening (cardiac/ respiratory arrest MI, severe allergic reaction, uncon-
categories scious, stroke in the window of controlled bleeding)
2. Serious but not life threatening (non descript abdominal pain, stroke out of the
window)
3. Minor illness and injuries (toe pain, lift assist)
14. 10-3
1/4
