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

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: Emergency Breathing Status - XML Representation

Active as of 2026-07-20

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<CodeSystem xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="em-breathing-status"/>
  <text>
    <status value="generated"/>
    <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>
  </text>
  <url
       value="https://nshr-uat.sha.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-breathing-status"/>
  <version value="0.1.0"/>
  <name value="EMBreathingStatusCS"/>
  <title value="Emergency Breathing Status"/>
  <status value="active"/>
  <experimental value="false"/>
  <date value="2026-07-20T11:03:05+00:00"/>
  <publisher value="Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya"/>
  <contact>
    <name value="Digital Health Agency (DHA), Kenya"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://dha.go.ke"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="info@dha.go.ke"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <contact>
    <name value="Digital Health Agency Kenya – FHIR Team"/>
    <telecom>
      <system value="email"/>
      <value value="info@dha.go.ke"/>
      <use value="work"/>
    </telecom>
    <telecom>
      <system value="url"/>
      <value value="https://dha.go.ke"/>
      <use value="work"/>
    </telecom>
  </contact>
  <description
               value="Caller- or practitioner-reported categories describing the patient's apparent
breathing status."/>
  <jurisdiction>
    <coding>
      <system value="urn:iso:std:iso:3166"/>
      <code value="KE"/>
      <display value="Kenya"/>
    </coding>
  </jurisdiction>
  <caseSensitive value="true"/>
  <content value="complete"/>
  <count value="5"/>
  <concept>
    <code value="normal"/>
    <display value="Normal"/>
    <definition value="Breathing appears normal."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="labored"/>
    <display value="Labored"/>
    <definition value="Breathing appears difficult or labored."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="gasping"/>
    <display value="Gasping"/>
    <definition
                value="The patient appears to be gasping or breathing agonal breaths."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="absent"/>
    <display value="Absent"/>
    <definition value="No breathing is apparent."/>
  </concept>
  <concept>
    <code value="unknown"/>
    <display value="Unknown"/>
    <definition value="Breathing status could not be established."/>
  </concept>
</CodeSystem>