Terminology

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Commonly Used Terms

• Code 99 - Coronavirus
• MVA - Motor Vehicle Accident
• AFA - Automatic Fire Alarm
• LZ - Landing Zone for Medivac
• ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival
• RP - Reporting Person
• RO - Registered Owner
• QRS - Quick Response Service
• BLS - Basic Life Support
• ALS - Advanced Life Support

EMS Response Priorities

• Echo - Life Threatening: Cardiac or Respitory Arrest
• Delta - Life Threatening: Non-Cardiac or Respitory Arrest
• Charlie - Serious: Non life threatening. Immediate
• Bravo - Serious: Non life threatening. Urgent
• Alpha - Non Serious: Non life threatening
• Omega - Minor illness or injury.

Medical Assessment Classes

• Class 1 - Immediately Life Threatening
• Class 2 - Potentially Life Threatening
• Class 3 - Non Life Threatening
• Class 4 - Psychiatric
• Class 5 - Deceased

People

• Dept. Number and number. 15-1 - (Towanda 1 - Chief)
• SO and number. Sheriff's Office deputy number. SO-7
• Badge and number. County police. Badge 201

Vehicles

• Dept. number, truck type, number. 1-Truck-7 (Athens Boro Ladder Truck #7)
• MICU number, or Guthrie number. MICU-36 (Greater Valley Ambulance 36)

Places

• BD-3 - Bradford County Correctional
• RPH - Robert Packer Hospital Sayre
• TCH - Troy Community Hospital
• Guthrie - Guthrie Hospital Towanda