Kenya Emergency Care Implementation Guide, published by Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IntelliSOFT-Consulting/Kenya-Emergency-FHIR-IG/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
| Official URL: https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/ValueSet/em-high-risk-sign | Version: 0.1.0 | |||
| Active as of 2026-08-07 | Computable Name: EMHighRiskSignVS | |||
Permitted WHO Emergency Unit high-risk sign codes.
References
This value set is not used here; it may be used elsewhere (e.g. specifications and/or implementations that use this content)
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign version 📦0.1.0
Expansion performed internally based on codesystem Emergency High-Risk Sign v0.1.0 (CodeSystem)
This value set contains 8 concepts
| System | Code | Display (en) | JSON | XML |
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | abnormal-heart-rate | Heart rate <60 or >130 | ||
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | abnormal-respiratory-rate | Respiratory rate <10 or >30 | ||
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | low-spo2 | SpO2 <92% on room air | ||
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | not-alert | Not alert (AVPU) | ||
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | stridor-or-swallow-difficulty | Stridor, voice change, or unable to swallow | ||
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | respiratory-distress | Respiratory distress (grunting in child, retractions, cyanosis) | ||
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | poor-perfusion | Poor perfusion, weak pulse, capillary refill >3 sec, MAP <65mmHg | ||
https://fhir.dha.go.ke/ig/emergency/CodeSystem/em-high-risk-sign | cannot-eat-or-drink | Vomits everything, cannot eat or drink |
Explanation of the columns that may appear on this page:
| Level | A few code lists that FHIR defines are hierarchical - each code is assigned a level. In this scheme, some codes are under other codes, and imply that the code they are under also applies |
| System | The source of the definition of the code (when the value set draws in codes defined elsewhere) |
| Code | The code (used as the code in the resource instance) |
| Display | The display (used in the display element of a Coding). If there is no display, implementers should not simply display the code, but map the concept into their application |
| Definition | An explanation of the meaning of the concept |
| Comments | Additional notes about how to use the code |