Please read the following carefully. Below is the list of proposed datapoints for the Oregon Prehospital Database (PhD). This list is a public record working document, provided for review and comment by any party. The State of Oregon can change the contents of this page at any time, and is under no legal obligation to incorporate any of the elements in its final database.

The database must contain all of the listed datapoints, with the following exceptions.
- Latitude and longitude of the event.
- Either field_procedure_time or field_procedure_number may be omitted.
Scroll down the list to see the categories of datapoints.
- IDs and times
- Patient data
- Incident data
- Assessment and Interventions

Datapoint	Description	NHTSA Ref#	Other Specifications
IDs and times
incident id	unique number for each incident reported to dispatch	1
agency id	Number assigned by the Health Services that identifies the agency	24
unit number	number or alphanumeric combination that designates the specific unit within an agency and is assigned by the agency	24
data_entry_date	last date of data entry or change		Automatically entered
data_entry_by	person entering data		Automatically entered
service type	type of service requested	20
vehicle type	type of vehicle used by unit responding to incident	25	Would like to add "Non-Transport Ground"
crew1 id	the EMT number, assigned by OHS, of the person completing the patient care report	26
crew2 id	EMT number for crew member #2	27
crew1 level	certification level of person writing the PCR	29
crew2 level	certification level of crew member #2	30
highest certification	most advanced level of EMT or other certification provided by the reporting agency at the scene of the incident		Defined following NHTSA 29 & 30
incident date	date/time of the occurrence	6,7
received date & time	date/time the incident is first reported to the dispatcher of the responding unit	8,10
dispatched date & time	date/time response unit is notified by dispatch	11,12
dispatch day of week	day of the week of dispatch
code to scene	urgency of response en-route to the scene		Defined following NHTSA 19. Use values of Code 1, Code 3
code change to scene	upgraded or downgraded response to the scene		Upgraded, downgraded, no change
canceled	indicates if call canceled
canceled date & time	date/time responding unit is notified of cancellation by dispatch
arrival date & time	date/time response unit physically stops at the scene	14
extrication minutes	time required for extrication
departure date & time	date/time unit began motion from the scene to destination	16
code from scene	urgency of departure from the scene		Defined following NHTSA 46. Use values of Code 1, Code 3
code change from scene	upgraded or downgraded departure from the scene		Upgraded, downgraded, no change
destination category	type of facility or agency that received the patient from the agency providing this report	44	Would like to add "Nursing home / extended care facility"
destination code	4 digit code assigned by the Health Services which identifies the hospital or prehospital unit that received the patient
destination determination	the primary reason a transport destination was selected	45
destination date & time	date/time the patient arrives at the destination or point for transfer of care	17
in service time	time response unit back in service and available for response	18
incident_disposition	the end result of this agency's involvement in this incident	47
Patient
last_name	legal last name of the patient	32
first_name	legal first name of the patient	32
middle_initial	patient's middle initial	32
unidentified	Unidentified patient		yes/no
birth_date	patient's date of birth	40
age	patient's age calculated from injury date	46
age_unit	patient's estimated or stated age		Include options for N days, N months
gender	gender of the patient	42
ethnicity	race and ethnicity of the patient	43
ssn	patient's social security number	39
address	patient's home street address	28
city	patient's city of residence	34
county	patient's county of residence	35
state	patient's state of residence	36
zip	patient's home zip code	37
insurance company	patient's insurance company		prepare a list
insurance ID	patient's insurance policy ID number
DNR	was there evidence of a DNR
Incident
nature_of_call	nature of call		See Nature of Call list, Footnote 1 below
address	street address to which the unit responded (incident address)	1
city	city in which the incident occurred	2
county	county in which the incident occurred	3
state	state in which the incident occurred	4
zip	zip code at which the incident occurred
latitude	geographic location of the incident		For future use.
longitude	geographic location of the incident		For future use.
location_type	place where the injury occurred	5
site_condition	special factors affecting EMS response or delivery of care	56
patients_on_scene	number of persons requesting or consenting to examination by EMS providers
mps	multiple patient scene
mci	scene declared a mass casualty incident by EMS providers
injury_cause	external cause of injury	49
job_injury	identifies patients who were injured while at work
protective_equipment	protective equipment used by primary EMT		Gloves, Eye Protection, Mask, Gown, Other
clinical_impression	provider's clinical impression which led to the management given the patient	50
severity_assessment	EMT assessment of the severity of the patient's illness/injury
past_medical_history	pre-existing medical conditions known to the provider	51
symptom	signs or symptoms reported to or observed by provider	52	Would like to add "Pregnancy Related"
body_site	body site of injury	53a
injury_type	clinical description of injury	53b
etoh_suspected	provider suspects alcohol use by the patient	57
drugs_suspected	provider suspects illicit drug use by the patient	57
veh_restraint	safety equipment in use by patient at time of injury	55	Negotiable. May be changed to multiple-entry list.
veh_ptlocation	if vehicular: patient's location		Driver; passenger; pedestrian
veh_number1	if vehicular: type of patient's vehicle		Car; truck; bus; motorcycle; bicycle; stationary object; other
veh_number2	if vehicular: type of object that patient's vehicle was involved with		Car; truck; bus; motorcycle; bicycle; stationary object; other
trauma patient
trauma_id	six digit trauma id band number
trauma_system_entry_date & time	date/time the trauma hospital or MRH was contacted by EMS
triage_criteria	trauma triage criteria marked		See Triage Criteria list.
Assessment and Interventions
respiration_effort	patient's effort at respiration	69
perfusion	patient's skin perfusion	72
responsiveness	assessment of patient's level of consciousness		Alert, Verbal, Pain, Unconscious; alternative to GCS scores
airway_initial	type of airway management performed on the patient by the agency		Would like a variable indicating airway status at time of initial assessment, with the following values: Normal, Oral/Nasal, BVM, ET Intubation, PEAD, Cric, Trach, CombiTube, LMA, Other
paralytics_initial	was the patient chemically paralyzed		Would like a variable indicating paralyzed status at time of initial assessment
pulse_initial	patient's palpated or auscultated pulse rate expressed in number per minute	65
respiration_initial	unassisted respiratory rate expressed as number per minute	68
sbp_initial	patient's systolic blood pressure	70
gcs_eye_initial	patient's eye opening component of the Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	73
gcs_verbal_initial	patient's verbal response component of the Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	74
gcs_motor_initial	patient's motor response component of the Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	75
gcs_total_initial	patient's total Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	76
airway_final	type of airway management performed on the patient by the agency		Would like a variable indicating airway status at time of final assessment, with the following values: Normal, Oral/Nasal, BVM, ET Intubation, PEAD, Cric, Trach, CombiTube, LMA, Other
paralytics_final	was the patient chemically paralyzed		Would like a variable indicating paralyzed status at time of final assessment
pulse_final	patient's palpated or auscultated pulse rate expressed in number per minute	65
respiration_final	unassisted respiratory rate expressed as number per minute	68
sbp_final	patient's systolic blood pressure	70
gcs_eye_final	patient's eye opening component of the Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	73
gcs_verbal_final	patient's verbal response component of the Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	74
gcs_motor_final	patient's motor response component of the Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	75
gcs_total_final	patient's total Glasgow Coma Scale taken or acted upon by the agency providing this report	76
end tidal CO2 detection
ectopy
pulse_oximetry
first cpr	provider of first CPR	59
initial_ecg	initial monitored cardiac rhythm as interpreted by EMS personnel	66
destination_ecg	monitored cardiac rhythm upon arrival at destination	67
arrest witness	witness of cardiac arrest if one occurred	62
return of spontaneous circ	was a palpable pulse or blood pressure restored following cardiac arrest and resuscitation	64
return of spont circ. time
field_procedure_time	time of procedure
field_procedure_number	ordinal number of procedure		alternative to time of procedure
field_procedure	procedures performed on the patient by the agency completing this report	78
field_procedure_performed_by	EMT performing the procedure
number_of_attempts	time the procedure was attempted	79
successful	was the procedure successful
patient_response	patient response to procedure		Improved, No Change, Other
medication	medications administered to the patient	80
solution
amount
online_advice	communication with medical control attempted by EMS providers
online_advice_date & time
Footnote 1: Possible values for Nature of Call
	Medical Causes		Trauma Causes
	Cardiac arrest		Motor vehicle accident
	Chest pain		Gunshot
	Difficulty breathing		Stabbing
	Seizure		Domestic violence
	Diabetic		Other assault
	Overdose		Other trauma
	Neurologic
	Maternity/obstetric		Other Causes
	Behavioral/psychiatric		Fire/Standby
	Other medical reason		Scheduled transport
			Other
Footnote 2: Trauma System Criteria
	Mandatory Entry		Discretionary Entry
	SBP < 90 mm Hg		Fall > 20 feet
	Respiratory distress; resp rate <10 or >29 or requiring management		Pedestrian hit at 20 mph or thrown 15 feet
	GCS <= 12		Roolover
	Penetrating injury to head, neck, torso, or groin		Motorcycle, ATV, bicycle crash
	Amputation above wrist or ankle		Impact / significant intrusion
	Spinal cord injury with limb paralysis		Age <5 or age > 55
	Flail chest		Bleeding disorder, or on anticoagulants
	Two or more obvious fractures of femur or humerus		Card / resp deisease, diabetes, cirrhosis, or morbid obesity
	Death of same car occupant		Pregnancy
	Patient ejected from enclosed vehicle		Immunosuppressed
	Heavy extrication time (> 20 minutes)		Presence of intoxicants
			Other