Condition on pager?

[JohnDistai]

Listening to local EMS today on a BCD996XT. An emergency call came through, and the dispatcher said something to the effect of "Condition sent to pager", assuming the condition of the patient.

Would a "pager" for EMS be something like a Unication G5? Are those "Conditions sent to pager" messages viewable by the scanning public (non EMS)? If so, how would you see them?

Thanks!

 

[tvengr]

A lot of pagers display text messages. It may have been something that they didn't want to put out over the air. Like with voice, paging systems can be encrypted.

 

[JohnDistai]

If the text messages are unencrypted and sent to a pager, can anyone listening with something like a Unication G5 read them?

 

[marksmith]

It would probably be a violation of Healthcare privacy laws to put something on a page that is readable by 3rd parties, so I am sure it is an encrypted text over a closed text system.
I am certain you could not read it.

 

[marksmith]

Using such a pager system they would be able to identify the patient, and other information that would not be permitted over unencrypted voice radio.

 

[w2lie]

They could also be carrying a POCSAG or FLEX alpha pager that can receive texts. Just a thought.

 

[trap5858]

Often times special instructions are given over an alpha pager such as the location of a key to gain access or other special things like patient history or precautions needed.

 

[JohnDistai]

"Refer to pager for incident type" was the message I heard today. Sent by the electronic EMS voice. Are these incident type messages visible on radios like the G5?

 

[radio3353]

"Refer to pager for incident type" was the message I heard today. Sent by the electronic EMS voice. Are these incident type messages visible on radios like the G5?

The Unication pagers are voice pagers, so I would say no to your question.