also most departments, at least that i have heard, use both (coded & plain language), the code just provides supplemental data So a dispatch may read something like this:
Station 4 respond for a medical at 123 main street, for a 79 y/o male w/ chest pains. your pt is conscious & breathing. This will be a 10-charlie-2 response. Which all that that means is he has a cardiac history..
I have been doing this for 8 years and have had to dispatch with codes and with out. It does not matter to me, once you get the hang of it. The only thing is that if your doing EMD, its alot easier if you have 2 or more peole working in the center.
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