Emergency medical services as transportation to further care

The patient’s status is unstable despite emergency treatment and the patient requires continuous monitoring and rapid transportation to hospital care. The EMS unit is unavailable for any other assignment.

The patient requires rapid transportation to hospital care, with their basic vital functions disrupted enough to pose a risk. In some special cases, the EMS unit may be employed to check on a high-risk dispatch on their transportation route, with one of the emergency nurses stopping to inspect the situation. However, the unit cannot assume responsibility of care for another dispatch.

The patient is stable, but requires monitoring. The unit can be dispatched to A or B class calls if it is the nearest / most appropriate unit for the task.

The patient is stable and does not require ongoing monitoring. The unit can be dispatched to A or B class calls, and the patient being transported may stay alone in the MS unit to wait if required.