VE3JSO
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i heard today ems dispatch asking if they needed ALS and i was wondering what is that?
Advanced Life Support I think.
shadetree1999 said:Hey all,
Quite often I hear ems dispatched with something along the lines of "You're code 4 on a pair of 3's"....what's a "pair of threes"?
Thanks
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Perhaps you are hearing the EMS call in to dispatch that the patient they have is code 3 CTAS 3. A call like that is gnerally not life threatening: broken limbs, sickness, etc.
Thanks for the responses thus far, but no, it's not CTAS 3....hear that quite often as well, and I am aware of what the different CTAS levels are. Sometime ago, I saw a post in which someone else referenced "pair of threes", but didn't elaborate what it was.....I will see if I can find it.
ems crews will often radio in dispatch and ether say we are 10-8 to such and such hospital code 3 ctas 3
or they will say 10-8 to such and such hospital pair of threes 3 and 3 etc
Litterally about 30 seconds ago, I heard 1161 say that they were "3, 3, and 3 at CEE."