On the green or on the red

[sallen07]

Unless there's been some other code words for, or direct reference of, Covid-19, I'd say these color codes are a reference to that. I don't hear many local EMS calls that don't clarify that for the responding EMT's.

Nothing to do with Covid.

 

[sallen07]

A more likely explanation..

Nope. Not fire channels, not Covid. Lights and siren versus not.

 

[rfp237]

Thanks sallen07

 

[sallen07]

Red is lights and siren. Green is ... not.

If you hear an EMS unit report that they are heading to the hospital "ALS Red" that is NOT a good thing for the person in the back of the ambulance.

Quite often you'll hear Monroe say "red response" for a transfer, which means emergency transfer from one hospital to another.

 

[sallen07]

Monroe has some coverage out in the county but does a considerable volume of private and transfer calls.

Actually there are large areas of the county where Monroe is the primary EMS now; more than "some". But yes, they do a lot of transfers and calls to places like nursing homes too (even in other ambulance companies' districts).

 

[Homer_LCPDFR]

To add on, "Green" and "Red" for AMR are most certainly lights and sirens versus no lights and sirens, as others have stated. When Covid was more common in Rochester, I believe they used "Grey Response" for Covid positive patients, but I haven't heard the term since March or April.

 

[SMFD34]

I have heard in the past the hospitals giving bed status as color codes also. I cannot speak to current operations but it was used before.