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RESPONSE IDENTIFICATION

NO CARE RENDERED

TRIAGE PRIORITY

PATIENT AGE/GENDER

RACE/ETHNICITY

Cty Always color in '15', regardless of what county in which we may be operating. This number reflects the unit's base jurisdiction
Unit 4-digit unit number. i.e.: Medic 39 would be 0039.
In the rare occasion that a non-EMS unit transports the patient and has to fill out the MAIS form, replace the alpha identifier with the unit type numeric identifier listed below. Fill in the rest of the fields from right to left and use leading zeros where necessary.
0 = EMS unit
1 = Engine - Example: E291 = 1 2 9 1
2 = Truck / Aerial - Example: T29 = 2 0 2 9
3 = Rescue Squad - Example: RS29 = 3 0 2 9; RS291 = 3 2 9 1
4 = Other
High Staff Indicate the highest certification level among the providers on your unit. Mark only one certification level. The "Other" response should be marked if the highest certification level is not listed.
Dispatch Mark the ALS or BLS response based on the life support level assigned to this call at dispatch. Mark only one dispatch level
1st Due Mark Yes if your unit was considered the first due unit for this call. If your unit was not the first due, mark the No response. Mark only one first due response.
No Care Rendered

If you were dispatched to a call that resulted in no patient care by your unit, you should indicate the reason no care was required. Mark only one response.

PDOA: Patient was Presumed Dead on the arrival of your unit at the scene.
Cancel: Your response was cancelled while your unit was en route or upon the arrival of your unit at the scene.
False:The call was determined to be false; EMS was not required.
No Pt: The potential need for patient care existed but was not required, standby status.
Refuse: Patient refused all care and transportation.
Unit 2: Your unit was not required to provide care because other unit(s) at the scene were managing the patient(s).
Priority Record the triage priority for your patient based on Maryland EMS guidelines.
One Critically ill or injured. Requires immediate attention. A delay in treatment may be harmful to patient.
Two Less serious condition. Requires emergency medical attention.
Three Non-emergent condition. Requires medical attention but not on an emergency basis.
Four Does not require medical attention and may not require transport.
N/A Priority assessment does not apply to this call (for example,
no patient).
Pt. Age Patients between the ages of 1 and 31 days old should have the D response marked along with the appropriate number of days.
If your patient is between 2 and 11 months old, you should mark the M response as well as responses for the appropriate number of months.
Leave the M and D responses blank for patients one year of age or older, and darken the responses corresponding to their age in years.
Gender  Mark the response that corresponds to your patient’s gender.
The Annotated Code of Maryland, requires that any state agency requiring use of a form which identifies individuals by race, shall include instructions that multi-racial respondents may select all applicable racial categories. Respondents shall select their own answers, except when it is not possible for the respondent to do so. A form that requires identification of individuals by race shall include a separate question about whether a respondent is of Hispanic or Latino origin, with the question preceding the racial category question.

Last edited: 2/22/2005