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Number of Fall-Related EMS Calls (Age 60+)
Measurement Period: 2023
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The number of fall-related calls for patients aged 60 years and older in Marathon County as reported by local Emergency Medical Response (EMS) agencies.
Why is this important?
Data is from the Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data System (WARDS) using the "fall syndrome" definition from Biospatial:
Categorical syndrome definition intended to detect incidents involving a patient fall from a ground-level height. The criteria are defined for The National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) v3 and v2 as follows:
- NEMSIS v3: Labeled as a ground-level fall if one or more of the following are true:
- Narrative (eNarrative.01) or chief/secondary complaint (eSituation.04) contains "fall", "falling", "fell", "slip", "slipping", "slipped", "trip", "tripping", "tripped", and variants. Certain phrases are excluded, for example: "fall risk", "risk of fall", "risk of falling", "danger of fall", "almost fell", "fall precaution", "leads fell", "port slipped", "slipped disc", "rise and fall", "rise/fall", "fell asleep", "remainder of the trip", "alarm trip(ped)".
- Provider primary/secondary impression (eSituation.11/eSituation.12) or cause of injury (eInjury.01) indicate any of the following ICD-10-CM codes (sub-codes included): V00.111, V00.121, V00.131, V00.141, V00.151, V00.181, V00.211, V00.221, V00.281, V00.311, V00.321, V00.381, V00.811, V00.821, V00.831, V00.891, W00.0, W00.9, W01, W03-W05, W07, W16.2, W18.0-W18.3, W19, E88X.0, R29.6
- NEMSIS v2: Labeled as a ground-level fall if one or more of the following are true:
- Narrative (E13_01) or chief/secondary complaint (E09_05/E09_08) contains "fall", "falling", "fell", "slip", "slipping", "slipped", "trip", "tripping", "tripped", and variants. Certain phrases are excluded, for example: "fall risk", "risk of fall", "risk of falling", "danger of fall", "almost fell", "fall precaution", "leads fell", "port slipped", "slipped disc", "rise and fall", "rise/fall", "fell asleep", "remainder of the trip", "alarm trip(ped)".
- Cause of Injury (E10_01) is "Falls (E88X.0)".
Patient falls resulting from intentional injury are not included.
NEMSIS v2 provider primary/secondary impressions (E09_05, E09_06) are not considered as they do not include values specifically representing a fall.
Calls that are cancelled prior to arrival at scene, cancelled on scene (no patient contact or found), or are on standby (no services or support provided) are excluded.
2,383
Source:
Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data System (WARDS)
Measurement period: 2023
Maintained by: Marathon County Health Department
Last update: January 2024
Measurement period: 2023
Maintained by: Marathon County Health Department
Last update: January 2024
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Data Source
- Wisconsin Ambulance Run Data System (WARDS)
Maintained By: Marathon County Health Department
Filed under: Health / Older Adults, Health Status, Health Outcomes, Older Adults