Ontario Ministry of Health 10 Codes

[snowplowguy]

Ontario Ambulance 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   Whats 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   Whats 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 Attent (often abreviated to 10-2's)
 10-2000 Send Police IMMEDIATELY
 
 CODE 1  Any non-important call
 CODE 2  Sceduled call
 CODE 3  Prompt call, not life threatening, lights and siren optional
 CODE 4  Life Threatening, lights on, siren optional
 CODE 5  Obviously dead (Rigitity, Decomposition, Vivisection)
 CODE 6  Legally dead
 CODE 7  Unstaffed at station
 CODE 8  Standby at location
 CODE 9  Unit in for servicing (Not Usable)
 CODE 19 non-essential call

 

[mciupa]

This info would be a good compliment to this link:

http://www.radioreference.com/modules.php?name=RR&aid=575

You should submit it for use as a related link

 

[snowplowguy]

You should submit it for use as a related link

Done....... (well sorta screwed it up, but then figured it out I think). :?

 

[smnjhull]

Re: Ontario Ambulance 10 Codes

I normally hear 10-9 being used as "En route, patient on board".

Thought I would mention that. :idea:

 

[als_medic]

Well I've worked as a Paramedic for 5 years in Ontario and not heard half of these codes, but I digress. The 10-9 is used for enroute, with patient.
And you missed one of the most important of all............
10-90...................LUNCH!!!!!!!!
And a couple of corrections-
All the codes are transport priority codes only, and:
Code 7 is cancelled with no patient carried.
Code 0 is an administrative run....like picking up equipment, dropping off paperwork etc.

 

[OntarioScannerNut]

I've always heard 10-9 as Please repeat your last transmission.

Perhaps codes are different throughout the province. Where are U?

Well I've worked as a Paramedic for 5 years in Ontario and not heard half of these codes, but I digress. The 10-9 is used for enroute, with patient.
And you missed one of the most important of all............
10-90...................LUNCH!!!!!!!!
And a couple of corrections-
All the codes are transport priority codes only, and:
Code 7 is cancelled with no patient carried.
Code 0 is an administrative run....like picking up equipment, dropping off paperwork etc.

 

[akroeze]

Ya, Wallaceburg CACC doesn't use half of those. 10-9 is repeat.

"We haven't had our code yet" means haven't had lunch yet.

Code 0 is used to say that they're on the air to pick something up but available.

Most of those I've never ever heard.

 

[SCPD]

Although there is a standardized set of 10-codes, not everyone uses all of the codes in the same way.

Code 7 - crew downstaffing (dispatchers)
Code 7 - cancelled, no patient carried (paramedics)

Code 14 - not an official code but used in some centres to indicate unnecessary ambulance transport (never heard it as Code 19)

10-9 - repeat last tranmission (Ontario)
10-9 - enroute to destination with patient (Toronto, but used widely in the GTA)

10-90 - meal break (Toronto), but again used widely in the GTA. Other areas have adopted Code 10.

10-34 to 10-38 - Ottawa has used these codes to indicate hospital status in the past, but they are not offical 10-codes.

The approved provincial 10-codes are:

10-3 All vehicles stop transmitting
10-4 Message received; understood
10-5 Relay message
10-6 I'm busy, stand by
10-7 Out of service at (location) - commonly "arrived"
10-8 In service to (location) - commonly "enroute"
10-9 Repeat message
10-13 Further information not advisable/available at this time
10-19 Returning to station
10-20 Location requested
10-21 Landline this office
10-26 Cancel detail
10-27 Hostage situation / terrorism
10-46 Are there any problems/delays at the scene?
10-200 Police requested
10-2000 Immediate police assistance

Anything else used is either a Toronto 10-code or a local addition or variation.

 

[OntarioScannerNut]

I believe Ottawa uses other codes as well such as:

T1: M.O.H term for the time the call was received.
T2: M.O.H term for the time the Ambulance Crew was notififed.
T3: M.O.H term for the time the Ambulance crew was Mobile.
T4: M.O.H term for the time Crew arrived on scene.

Although there is a standardized set of 10-codes, not everyone uses all of the codes in the same way.

Code 7 - crew downstaffing (dispatchers)
Code 7 - cancelled, no patient carried (paramedics)

Code 14 - not an official code but used in some centres to indicate unnecessary ambulance transport (never heard it as Code 19)

10-9 - repeat last tranmission (Ontario)
10-9 - enroute to destination with patient (Toronto, but used widely in the GTA)

10-90 - meal break (Toronto), but again used widely in the GTA. Other areas have adopted Code 10.

10-34 to 10-38 - Ottawa has used these codes to indicate hospital status in the past, but they are not offical 10-codes.

The approved provincial 10-codes are:

10-3 All vehicles stop transmitting
10-4 Message received; understood
10-5 Relay message
10-6 I'm busy, stand by
10-7 Out of service at (location) - commonly "arrived"
10-8 In service to (location) - commonly "enroute"
10-9 Repeat message
10-13 Further information not advisable/available at this time
10-19 Returning to station
10-20 Location requested
10-21 Landline this office
10-26 Cancel detail
10-27 Hostage situation / terrorism
10-46 Are there any problems/delays at the scene?
10-200 Police requested
10-2000 Immediate police assistance

Anything else used is either a Toronto 10-code or a local addition or variation.

 

[snowplowguy]

There is some great info in this thread.

Thanks fellers......

 

[akroeze]

I believe Ottawa uses other codes as well such as:

T1: M.O.H term for the time the call was received.
T2: M.O.H term for the time the Ambulance Crew was notififed.
T3: M.O.H term for the time the Ambulance crew was Mobile.
T4: M.O.H term for the time Crew arrived on scene.

That has to do with paperwork. On the bottom of the ACR (Ambualnce Call Report) there is a section where you have to fill in all those times. And that's the order they are in.

 

[acosell]

As akroeze said:

 

[akroeze]

Ya, but nobody ever fills out the depart destination or anything after that.

 

[paramedic101]

In Wallaceburg CACC area you will here us call lunch ...picking up a code or code 10. Code 0 just means on the are with no real purpose.