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. 2022 May 6;22:74. doi: 10.1186/s12873-022-00609-5

Table 2.

Motor vehicle crash incidents by medical priority dispatch Code (MPDS) and lights and sirens ambulance (L&S) response

MPDS dispatch code Not L&S L&S Total Total
Brief descriptor n n n Col %
29D1 Major incident 7 1 8 0.1%
29D1V Major incident, multiple patients 2 0 2 0.0%
29D1b Major incident—bus 5 1 6 0.1%
29D1d Major incident—train 1 2 3 0.0%
29D1f Major incident—multiple vehicle (≥ 10) pile-up 4 0 4 0.0%
29D2 High mechanism 257 78 335 2.8%
29D2k High mechanism—all-terrain/snowmobile 2 0 2 0.0%
29D2l High mechanism- vehicle v. bicycle/motorcycle 905 247 1,152 9.6%
29D2m High mechanism—vehicle v. pedestrian 672 169 841 7.0%
29D2n High mechanism—ejection 80 34 114 1.0%
29D2p High mechanism—rollovers 377 67 444 3.7%
29D2r High mechanism—possible death at scene 0 1 1 0.0%
29D3 HAZMAT 67 10 77 0.6%
29D3U HAZMAT, unknown number of patients 3 1 4 0.0%
29D3V HAZMAT, multiple patients 19 3 22 0.2%
29D3X HAZMAT, unknown number of patients and additional response required 1 0 1 0.0%
29D3Y HAZMAT, multiple patients and additional response required 3 0 3 0.0%
29D4 Trapped victim 338 126 464 3.9%
29D4U Trapped victim, unknown number of patients 59 23 82 0.7%
29D4V Trapped victim, multiple patients 124 64 188 1.6%
29D4X Trapped victim, unknown number of patients and additional response required 3 2 5 0.0%
29D4Y Trapped victim, multiple patients and additional response required 28 21 49 0.4%
29D4n Trapped victim, ejection 3 0 3 0.0%
29D5 Not alert 325 153 478 4.0%
29D5U Not alert, unknown number of patients 5 2 7 0.1%
29D5V Not alert, multiple patients 47 21 68 0.6%
29D5X Not alert, unknown number of patients and additional response required 0 1 1 0.0%
29D5Y Not alert, multiple patients and additional response required 3 2 5 0.0%
29D5m Not alert, vehicle v. pedestrian 0 2 2 0.0%
29D5n Not alert, ejection 2 4 6 0.1%
29B1 Injuries 2,098 237 2,335 19.5%
29B1U Injuries, unknown number of patients 41 8 49 0.4%
29B1V Injuries, multiple patients 470 56 526 4.4%
29B1X Injuries, unknown number of patients and additional response required 6 1 7 0.1%
29B1Y Injuries, multiple patients and additional response required 57 5 62 0.5%
29B2 Serious haemorrhage 126 31 157 1.3%
29B2V Serious haemorrhage, multiple patients 23 3 26 0.2%
29B2X Serious haemorrhage, unknown number of patients and additional response required 1 0 1 0.0%
29B2Y Serious haemorrhage, multiple patients and additional response required 5 3 8 0.1%
29B3 Other hazards 589 76 665 5.6%
29B3U Other hazards, unknown number of patients 71 8 79 0.7%
29B3V Other hazards, multiple patients 214 29 243 2.0%
29B3X Other hazards, unknown number of patients and additional response required 6 2 8 0.1%
29B3Y Other hazards, multiple patients and additional response required 33 4 37 0.3%
29B4 Unknown status/Other codes not applicable 2,054 185 2,239 18.7%
29B4U Unknown status/Other codes not applicable, unknown number of patients 429 36 465 3.9%
29B4V Unknown status/Other codes not applicable, multiple patients 442 37 479 4.0%
29B4X Unknown status/Other codes not applicable, unknown number of patients and additional response required 29 4 33 0.3%
29B4Y Unknown status/Other codes not applicable, multiple patients and additional response required 31 5 36 0.3%
29A1 1st party caller with injury to not dangerous body area 16 0 16 0.1%
29A1V 1st party caller with injury to not dangerous body area, multiple patients 1 0 1 0.0%
29O1 No injuries (confirmed) 116 6 122 1.0%
Total 10,200 1,771 11,971 100.0%