Detroit FD EMS Codes

macari77 · #1 (**permalink**) 02-17-2009, 09:32 PM

Can anyone provide a list for the DFD EMS codes?
Also what does it mean when they say "Medic 12 in service at Romeo Echo One Gulf", or something to that nature

Thanks

philkoz · #2 (**permalink**) 02-19-2009, 05:15 AM

Saw this question come up awhile ago. I think the following links may answer your question:

http://www.radioreference.com/forums...emd-codes.html

abqscan.com

macari77 · #3 (**permalink**) 02-19-2009, 08:58 AM

Thanks, but when they are dispatched they at told the CC in plane English.

Then use codes like,
Code 1
Code 2
...
Code 35
...
a lot of them

Only use the military alphabet and numbers when they clear from the hospital. To me it sounds like they may be saying which station they are in according to map locations. But I dont know.

I have only been listing to DFD for about a month. If I have learned anything from living in the Detroit area its that the city never follows normal standards.

SEMTTP · #4 (**permalink**) 02-19-2009, 06:09 PM

Those are "outcome" codes or as Detroit likes to say "disposition" codes. These are codes that indicate what type of transportation they had when they complete the hospital. Unless a firefighter or Paramedic from Detroit post's this information your not going to know what every code means and rightly so, not every piece of information needs to be out there and known. Just know they are disposition codes and they have nothing to do with your listening pleasure. Just be glad you can hear Detroit, most of us cannot.

macari77 · #5 (**permalink**) 02-20-2009, 09:15 PM

No,no that is exactly what I wanted to know. I can hear the report to the hospital anyways. I was just confused on what they were talking about. I work Highland Park Rescue and we dont use that at all, so I was just unfamiliar with it.

by the way I can only hear Detroit from in the city with my pro-96 and we have to be standing still in the perfect spot. Its very odd, only one or two feet make a world of diffrence.

thanks

Rexem · #6 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 01:01 AM

That is their in service code(disposition). It is a code that the DFD uses for audits. It's what kind of

patient they had, psych, trama, medical, etc. I'll try to get a DEMS run sheet and post the list for you.

It's been a few years since I wrote a run sheet so I don't remember them off the top of my head.

SEMTTP · #7 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 04:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Rexem

That is their in service code(disposition). It is a code that the DFD uses for audits. It's what kind of

patient they had, psych, trama, medical, etc. I'll try to get a DEMS run sheet and post the list for you.

It's been a few years since I wrote a run sheet so I don't remember them off the top of my head.

There is a reason why that information is not made available to the public, and your going to grab a run sheet and just give it to the world? Not that its that big of a deal, but some things need to remain off sites like this. Gesh...some people

Rexem · #8 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SEMTTP

There is a reason why that information is not made available to the public, and your going to grab a run sheet and just give it to the world? Not that its that big of a deal, but some things need to remain off sites like this. Gesh...some people

Wow sorry. Police codes are okay to post but EMS codes aren't?

m297 · #9 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexem

Wow sorry. Police codes are okay to post but EMS codes aren't?

No there's no problem with posting the dispo codes if you know them, however posting a run sheet probaly not a good idea..

Rexem · #10 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by m297

No there's no problem with posting the dispo codes if you know them, however I have an issue with you posting a run sheet especially if your talking about there daily that they fill out!!!

Just dispo codes, but I'm not going to. I'll let someone else do it if they know. The code list that they use

is printed on the back of the form. I know what I can and can't post, I work EMS too, just not in the field

anymore. I didn't think it would be a big deal. I've seen alot of police codes posted on this forum that are

not intended for the public but no one says anything about that. Oh well, I was just trying to help.

rdale · #11 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rexem

I've seen alot of police codes posted on this forum that are not intended for the public but no one says anything about that

Ehh... you haven't searched very hard then

Rexem · #12 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by rdale

Ehh... you haven't searched very hard then

What can I say...You got me on that one.

rdale · #13 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 10:12 PM

Just a few weeks ago a thread was started listing a bunch of undercover police codes... Many here were upset, and as usual it turned into a typical RR match between those who think those things need to stay unpublished vs those who want everything on record.

Jay911 · #14 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 10:33 PM

EMS disposition codes are part of data used to track the end result of a medical call, i.e. the interaction with a patient. They routinely refer to the care given to the patient or the patient's condition upon delivery to the hospital (or cancellation of the call, if the crew does not transport). This does not identify the patient and tells you little more than 'ambulance 427 just finished a call for soft tissue injuries' or 'medic 39 just brought a cardiac arrest patient back to life and delivered them to the hospital'.

It is ridiculous to compare the above to codes which identify the performance of particular undercover law enforcement agents whose lives depend on keeping their actions as low-profile as possible.

w8jjr · #15 (**permalink**) 02-28-2009, 11:31 PM

I agree with Jay on this one. There is no identify the patient and tells you little more than what the result of the call was. You hear 1/2 of it on the dispatch of the call. Were not talking about giving out
pt names here. It is a number that is used for audits at the end of the year.

macari77 · #16 (**permalink**) 03-01-2009, 10:53 AM

Thanks, I don't see the big deal about posting EMS codes online (I do currently work EMS). These codes are purely for convince and not to keep what someone is doing secret. If they were such a safety threat they whey do we call the hospital on the same frequencys and speak in plain ol' English about everything to do with the pt. except for name and SS#.
Originally all I really wanted to know was what the heck they were talking about anyways. I can hear the report to the hospital so I really could care less what those codes exactly mean.