Table 2.

Medications by Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS) determinants.

Description	MPDS	Number of calls	Nitroglycerin	Aspirin	Midazolam	Naloxone	Glucose	Cardiac arrest medications	Albuterol	Morphine	Intravenous infusion
Breathing problems	6Total	9435	2010	409	38	38	169	149	4228	170	389
Abnormal breathing	6C1	616	70	17	0	0	6	5	183	11	22
Abnormal breathing+asthma	6C1A	153	17	6	0	0	3	1	108	0	0
Cardiac history	6C2	394	129	26	3	1	3	1	164	9	5
Cardiac history+asthma	6C2A	98	23	8	0	0	1	1	76	2	3
Severe respiratory distress	6D1	5719	1315	261	22	26	132	86	1953	107	286
Severe respiratory distress+asthma	6D1A	1723	322	64	12	6	13	45	1500	22	46
Not alert	6D2	164	9	4	0	5	4	3	18	0	14
Not alert+asthma	6D2A	35	3	3	0	0	1	1	13	0	0
Clammy	6D3	393	102	17	1	0	6	1	102	19	12
Clammy+asthma	6D3A	114	20	3	0	0	0	1	86	0	1
Ineffective breathing	6E1	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ineffective breathing+asthma	6E1A	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	25	0	0
Chest pain (non-traumatic)	10Total	4679	3678	1835	14	4	33	72	243	221	133
Breathing normally	10A1	56	21	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Abnormal breathing	10C1	825	731	327	1	0	2	8	97	36	9
Cardiac history	10C2	667	548	295	1	0	3	2	11	41	15
Cocaine	10C3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Breathing normally > 35	10C4	651	510	277	0	0	2	6	5	20	15
Severe respiratory distress	10D1	1263	904	457	7	1	20	24	84	69	50
Not alert	10D2	215	118	64	2	2	1	5	6	8	19
Clammy	10D3	1000	846	402	3	0	5	27	40	47	25
Unknown problem (man down)	32Total	1094	98	36	4	20	34	13	54	58	57
Standing, sitting, moving, or talking	32B1	390	10	8	2	6	14	5	9	17	17
Medical alert notifications	32B2	415	80	25	0	1	10	1	40	34	14
Unknown status (3rd party caller)	32B3	124	2	1	1	5	5	2	4	7	14
Life status questionable	32D1	165	6	2	1	8	5	5	1	0	12
All Categories	TOTAL:	15208	5786	2280	56	62	236	234	4525	449	579