Ambulance Response/Assessment Codes

Response Priorities

Colour or Code	Priority	Response Description
Purple	Very High	Immediately life-threatening - cardiac/respiratory arrest Under lights(broadcast over the radio for closest vehicle to attend)
Red Red 1 Red 2	High	Potentially life-threatening or time-critical Under lights
Orange Orange 1 Orange 2	Medium	Urgent or potentially serious Road speed(crew may respond under lights if appropriate)
Green Green 1 Green 2	Low	Non-urgent(low acuity) Road speed
Grey	Very Low	Non-urgent(low acuity) Referred to Clinical Desk
PTS	Very Low	Patient Transfer Service Jobs
Private Hire	Very Low	Private Hire Jobs, such as Events
Air Transfer	Very Low	Transfers of Patients or Equipment from Air jobs
Notification	Very Low	Used for event jobs, stand bys etc.
Triage	Very Low	Triage

Patient Status Codes

Patient status codes are a numerical range used to indicate the severity of a patients injuries or condition
A patients status may be changed based upon clinical presentation but should not be changed for mechanism of injury or age of the patient

Status	Patient Condition	Triage Urgency	Triage Tag
Zero	Dead	Not Required	Black/White
One	Critical	Immediate	Red
Two	Serious	Urgent	Orange/Yellow
Three	Moderate	Delayed	Green
Four	Minor	Delayed	Green

METHANE Report

Used to provide details from scene to comms about a major incident

METHANE stands for:

M	Major incident declared
E	Exact Location of Incident
T	Type of Incident
H	Hazards Present or Suspected
A	Access to and from from the incident scene
N	Number, Type and Severity of Casualties
E	Emergency services required and already on scene