ems__incidents

Unique identifier for the patient care record in the EMS Data Warehouse. Can be used to uniquely identify records in this dataset

The date that the incident was received by EMS. This could be the date that the EMS call taker took the call, or when it was transferred to EMS from another agency

The time that the incident was received by EMS. This could be the time that the EMS call taker took the call, or when it was transferred to EMS from another agency

Unique identifier for the Incident. Note that this value may not be unique to records in this dataset, as there may be multiple patient care records for a single incident

The street address for the location of the incident

The city in which the incident occurred

The state in which the incident occurred

The zip code in which the incident occurred

The longitude coordinate for the location of the incident

The latitude coordinate for the location of the incident

The ‘call type’ or reason for the incident. Determined by communications staff while processing the 911 call.

The ‘priority’ of the incident. Determined by communications staff while processing the incident. Priority 1 is the highest priority, while 5 is the lowest priority

A general description of the what caused the patient’s injury if applicable

A general description of what the patient is complaining of (ex chest pain, difficulty breathing, etc)

The provider’s primary impression of the patient’s condition/injury/illness based on their assessment of the patient

The provider’s secondary or supporting impression of the patient’s condition/injury/illness based on their assessment of the patient

A general description of the outcome of the patient encounter (ex Transported, Refused, Deceased)

The facility that the patient was transported to, if applicable

Indicates the primary reason a patient is determined to be ‘High’ acuity, if applicable

The patient’s age at the time of the encounter

The patient’s gender

The patient’s race

Indicates which airbags were deployed (front, side, etc)

Indicates whether airbags were deployed

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Location of damage to the vehicle

Estimated speed of the vehicle in kilometers per hour

Estimated speed of the vehicle in miles per hour

Provider notes about any extrication that was performed

The time that an extrication was performed

Indicates whether the patient needed to be extricated from the vehicle (1 = yes, 0 = no)

Indicates whether the patient was injured ( 1 = yes, 0 = no)

Where the patient was in the vehicle (front seat, second seat, etc)

A list of any safety devices used, such as seatbelts or car seats

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The type of vehicle involved in the accident (automobile, motorcycle, etc)

A general description of weather conditions at the time of the accident

A comma delimitted list of agencies that responded to this incident in addtion to EMS

Code 1 is lower priority transport without lights and sirens. Code 3 is a higher priority transport with lights and sirens

Initial patient acuity determined by provider

Final patient acuity determined by provider

A comma delimitted list of incident numbers for APD incidents that are linked to the EMS incident. This field can be used to determin if there is an associated APD incident.