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| Administrative/other: movement of a vehicle for any non-patient reason other than covered by codes 7, 8, or 9. |
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| Deferrable call: non-emergency call, which may be delayed without being physically detrimental to the patient. |
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| Scheduled call: non-emergency call, which must be done at a specific time due to the limited availability of special treatment or diagnostic/receiving facilities. Such scheduling is not done because of patient preference or convenience. |
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| Prompt call: an emergency call, which may be responded with moderate delay. The patient is stable or under professional care and not in immediate danger. |
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| Urgent call: an emergency call requiring immediate response. The patient is life, limb or function threatened, in immediate danger and time is crucial. |
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| Obviously dead: patient is unmistakably dead but has not been pronounced so by a physician. |
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| Legally dead patient: patient has been pronounced dead by an attending physician. |
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| Down Staffed Vehicle: Regularly scheduled vehicle is available for a call, but one or more staff is unavailable such as due to illness or delayed arriving for work. |
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| Standby call: Vehicle or ambulance crew utilization to provide emergency coverage or for anticipation of a call. |
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| Maintenance call: vehicle is either out of service for maintenance at base or is sent to a garage for servicing. |
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