Hospital Statuses

An indication of how much of the emergency department's routine capacity is currently being occupied by patients. https://edas.miemss.org/dashboard

Level 1

Represents less-busy emergency departments.

0 – 75% occupied.

Level 2

76 – 100% occupied.

Level 3

101 – 130% occupied.

Level 4

131%+ occupied.

Represents the busiest emergency departments, based on the number of patients being cared for relative to the emergency department's capacity.

Red Alert

No ECG-monitored beds available in-hospital.

Meaning the ER cannot take any patients who require cardiac monitoring because there is no place for them to go if they need to be admitted to the hospital.

Does not mean that the ER is overcrowded!

Yellow Alert 

Overwhelmed with patients and is not accepting any Priority 2 or Priority 3 patients. 

• You should transport your patient to the next closest appropriate facility. If that hospital is also on yellow, transport to the original hospital. By state law, a hospital cannot refuse a patient. 

Re-Route

A hospital may be placed on Re-Route when many units are waiting for a long time. There are so many units waiting for so long, the rest of the EMS System becomes stretched too thin.

All P2 and P3 patients should be transported to the next closest appropriate facility, unless otherwise directed by a physician via consult or the EMS Duty Officer. 

• Declared by the EMS Duty Officer.

• Done when 3 or more units have been waiting for 30+ minutes.

Mini Disaster

ER closed due to a physical problem with the facility (fire, power outage, bomb scare).

The ER is closed, and no patients are to be transported here. 

Trauma Bypass

Trauma Center is unable to accept any more trauma patients.

Patients should be transported to the next closest trauma center, using helicopter transport as needed.