10 Codes

Question 1

10-03

Answer 1

Call dispatch via landline

Question 2

10-06

Answer 2

Standby

Question 3

10-07

Answer 3

Verify location / address

Question 4

10-12

Answer 4

Report Progress / Condition of scene

Question 5

10-13

Answer 5

Need emergency assistance

Question 6

10-85

Answer 6

Request for assistance

Question 7

10-63

Answer 7

Enroute

Question 8

10-84

Answer 8

On scene

Question 9

10-82A

Answer 9

En route to hospital (ALS)

Question 10

10-82B

Answer 10

En route to hospital (BLS)

Question 11

10-81

Answer 11

At hospital

Question 12

10-89

Answer 12

Available at Cross Street Location (CSL)

Question 13

10-97

Answer 13

Available in Batallion

Question 14

10-98

Answer 14

Available outside battalion

Question 15

10-83D

Answer 15

Pt is dead

Question 16

10-83 R

Answer 16

Pt is deceased, resuscitation initiated

Question 17

10-87

Answer 17

Cancelled

Question 18

10-90

Answer 18

Unfounded

Question 19

10-10

Answer 19

Verification of Unit Location - A request is made for a unit’s location. The

unit is to acknowledge by giving its present location.

Question 20

10-12

Answer 20

Say whats up on scene if you arrive first

Preliminary /Progress Report - A request by an Officer or dispatcher for a preliminary report by the first arriving unit. The dispatcher shall relay the report to responding units.

Question 21

10-13

Answer 21

Request for Emergency Assistance

Request for assistance + specify location

If possible, advise the dispatcher of the condition and what kinds of assistance is needed.

Additional EMS units are not to respond unless specifically directed to do so by the dispatcher.

Question 22

10-85

Answer 22

Request for Assistance

Request non-emergency assistance from another unit or other resource (specify location).

Question 23

10-83D

Answer 23

Patient is Deceased - No Resuscitation Initiated

A patient who is unresponsive, breathless, and pulseless and did not have cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provided.

When transmitting the signal 10-83D, indicate with whom the patient will be left

(e.g., 23B, 10-83D left with NYPD).

Question 24

10-83R

Answer 24

Patient is Deceased - Resuscitation was Initiated

A patient who is unresponsive, breathless, and pulseless and had cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) terminated at the direction of On-line Medical Control (OLMC).

When transmitting the signal 10-83R, indicate with whom the patient will be left

23B, 10-83R left with NYPD

Question 25

10-87

Answer 25

Cancelled

Indicates that the unit has been canceled by Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) prior to arriving at an assignment, or canceled by a competent
authority (e.g. another unit on the scene).

The unit that is cancelled shall not have had patient contact or initiated patient care.

Question 26

10-90

Answer 26

Unfounded

Indicates that the unit is unable to locate the assignment or patient.

Question 27

10-91

Answer 27

Incident With No EMS Action Required

For use where a valid request for assistance exists but the responding EMS unit is not required to take action constituting a patient contact (e.g., motor vehicle accidents, standbys, multiple casualty incidents, law enforcement and/or fire operations)

OR

EMS Officer Cleared From Assignment

When an EMS Officer is going available from the scene of any assignment and the Officer is not accompanying a unit to the hospital.

Question 28

10-93

Answer 28

Refused Medical Aid

Indicates that patient contact has been established, the patient has the decisional capacity to refuse emergency medical treatment and/or
transport, and the patient continues to refuse treatment and/or transport.

Question 29

10-93A

Answer 29

Refused Medical Aid Lacking Decisional Capacity

a patient who lacks decisional capacity and the OLMC physician determines that there is a low index of suspicion for requiring treatment and/or transport of the patient and the patient is in, or will be in, a safe environment.

Question 30

10-94

Answer 30

Treated PT but didn’t assist with Txp

Indicates that more than one unit is involved in the tax of a patient and the unit is not assisting in the txp of the pt to hop

Question 31

10-94A

Answer 31

Treated Patient and Assisted with Transport

Indicates that more than one unit is involved in the treatment of a patient and the unit is assisting in the transport of the patient to the hospital.

Question 32

10-96

Answer 32

Gone on arrival

Indicates that upon arrival of the unit the pt had already left the scene by other means.