Kenya Emergency FHIR Implementation Guide
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Kenya Emergency FHIR 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-Emmergency-FHIR-IG/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

: Emergency Breathing Status - JSON Representation

Active as of 2026-07-20

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{
  "resourceType" : "CodeSystem",
  "id" : "em-breathing-status",
  "text" : {
    "status" : "generated",
    "div" : "<div xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\"><p class=\"res-header-id\"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem em-breathing-status</b></p><a name=\"em-breathing-status\"> </a><a name=\"hcem-breathing-status\"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-breathing-status</code> defines the following codes:</p><table class=\"codes\"><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\"><b>Code</b></td><td><b>Display</b></td><td><b>Definition</b></td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">normal<a name=\"em-breathing-status-normal\"> </a></td><td>Normal</td><td>Breathing appears normal.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">labored<a name=\"em-breathing-status-labored\"> </a></td><td>Labored</td><td>Breathing appears difficult or labored.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">gasping<a name=\"em-breathing-status-gasping\"> </a></td><td>Gasping</td><td>The patient appears to be gasping or breathing agonal breaths.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">absent<a name=\"em-breathing-status-absent\"> </a></td><td>Absent</td><td>No breathing is apparent.</td></tr><tr><td style=\"white-space:nowrap\">unknown<a name=\"em-breathing-status-unknown\"> </a></td><td>Unknown</td><td>Breathing status could not be established.</td></tr></table></div>"
  },
  "url" : "https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-breathing-status",
  "version" : "0.1.0",
  "name" : "EMBreathingStatusCS",
  "title" : "Emergency Breathing Status",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2026-07-20T11:03:05+00:00",
  "publisher" : "Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "name" : "Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://dha.go.ke"
        },
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "info@dha.go.ke"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name" : "Digital Health Agency Kenya – FHIR Team",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "info@dha.go.ke",
          "use" : "work"
        },
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://dha.go.ke",
          "use" : "work"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "Caller- or practitioner-reported categories describing the patient's apparent\nbreathing status.",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
          "code" : "KE",
          "display" : "Kenya"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "caseSensitive" : true,
  "content" : "complete",
  "count" : 5,
  "concept" : [
    {
      "code" : "normal",
      "display" : "Normal",
      "definition" : "Breathing appears normal."
    },
    {
      "code" : "labored",
      "display" : "Labored",
      "definition" : "Breathing appears difficult or labored."
    },
    {
      "code" : "gasping",
      "display" : "Gasping",
      "definition" : "The patient appears to be gasping or breathing agonal breaths."
    },
    {
      "code" : "absent",
      "display" : "Absent",
      "definition" : "No breathing is apparent."
    },
    {
      "code" : "unknown",
      "display" : "Unknown",
      "definition" : "Breathing status could not be established."
    }
  ]
}