| Questions |
Answers |
| Phonetic Alphabet A,B,C,D,E,FG,H,I ? |
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India. |
| Phonetic Alphabet J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R ? |
Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo. |
| Phonetic Alphabet S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z ? |
Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, Xray, Yankee, Zulu. |
| White ? |
Empty - Mobile Non-Urgent |
| Brown ? |
Non-Urgent Patient on board. |
| Red ? |
Emergency Patient on board. |
| Green ? |
Available. |
| Blue ? |
Acute Emergency on board. |
| Purple ? |
Suspected Deceased Patient. |
| Purple Plus ? |
Obviously Deceased Patient. |
| Purple Annex ? |
Mortuary. |
| EOC ? |
Emergency Operations Centre. |
| UOC ? |
Urgent Operations Centre. |
| RTS ? |
Request to Speak |
| VCS ? |
Vehicle Crew Staff. |
| CAD ? |
Computer Aided Dispatch. |
| RTB ? |
Return to Base. |
| Red Base ? |
Callsign for EOC. |
| Green Base ? |
Callsign for UOC. |
| Roger ? |
Message Recived & Understood. |
| Over ? |
End of Message - Responce Expected. |
| Red Base Out ? |
End of Message. |
| Figures ? |
Figures to Follow. |
| STA ? |
Scheduled Time of Arrival. |
| TNC ? |
To Next Call. |
| ETA ? |
Estimated Time of Arrival. |
| 99 ? |
Unoffical Break. |
| ASW ? |
Appoved Social Worker. |
| Alpha Alpha ? |
Be Guarded in Reply, Patient may over hear. |
| HEMS ? |
Helicopter Emergency Medical Service. |
| Echo Delta ? |
Explosive Device. |
| Bravo ? |
Bank Service Run. |
| Hotel ? |
Parmedic. |
| Lima ? |
Team Leader. |
| FRU ? |
Fast Responce Unit ? |
| Priority ? |
Urgent Message to be Passed. |
| RVP ? |
Rendezvous Point. |
| Zebra Zebra ? |
URGENT Police Assistance. |
| PTS ? |
Patient Transport Service. |
| VOR ? |
Vehicle Of Road. |
| MPDS ? |
Medical Priority Dispatch System (Flip chart used by EMD's to assess the patients medical needs) |
| AS1 ? |
Emergency Call. |
| AS2 ? |
Urgent Call (within 1-3 hours) |
| AS3 ? |
Non Urgent Call (3 hours plus) |