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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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p class="res-header-id"><b>Generated Narrative: CodeSystem em-responder-unit-type</b></p><a name="em-responder-unit-type"> </a><a name="hcem-responder-unit-type"> </a><p>This case-sensitive code system <code>http://hie.go.ke/fhir/CodeSystem/em-responder-unit-type</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">ambulance<a name="em-responder-unit-type-ambulance"> </a></td><td>Ambulance</td><td>A road vehicle equipped to provide emergency medical transport.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">advanced-life-support<a name="em-responder-unit-type-advanced-life-support"> </a></td><td>Advanced life-support ambulance</td><td>An ambulance equipped and staffed to provide advanced life support.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">basic-life-support<a name="em-responder-unit-type-basic-life-support"> </a></td><td>Basic life-support ambulance</td><td>An ambulance equipped and staffed to provide basic life support.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">patient-transport<a name="em-responder-unit-type-patient-transport"> </a></td><td>Patient transport vehicle</td><td>A vehicle intended primarily for non-emergency patient transport.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">rapid-response<a name="em-responder-unit-type-rapid-response"> </a></td><td>Rapid-response vehicle</td><td>A response vehicle carrying emergency personnel and equipment but not normally transporting patients.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">motorcycle<a name="em-responder-unit-type-motorcycle"> </a></td><td>Emergency-response motorcycle</td><td>A motorcycle used to rapidly transport an emergency responder.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">air-ambulance<a name="em-responder-unit-type-air-ambulance"> </a></td><td>Air ambulance</td><td>A fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft used for emergency medical transport.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">boat-ambulance<a name="em-responder-unit-type-boat-ambulance"> </a></td><td>Boat ambulance</td><td>A watercraft used for emergency medical response and transport.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">command-unit<a name="em-responder-unit-type-command-unit"> </a></td><td>Command unit</td><td>A vehicle or mobile facility used to coordinate an emergency response.</td></tr><tr><td style="white-space:nowrap">other<a name="em-responder-unit-type-other"> </a></td><td>Other responder unit</td><td>Another type of emergency-response unit.</td></tr></table></div>
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<title value="Emergency Responder Unit Type"/>
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<date value="2026-07-20T11:03:05+00:00"/>
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value="A road vehicle equipped to provide emergency medical transport."/>
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<code value="advanced-life-support"/>
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value="An ambulance equipped and staffed to provide advanced life support."/>
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value="An ambulance equipped and staffed to provide basic life support."/>
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value="A vehicle intended primarily for non-emergency patient transport."/>
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value="A response vehicle carrying emergency personnel and equipment but not normally transporting patients."/>
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<concept>
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<definition
value="A motorcycle used to rapidly transport an emergency responder."/>
</concept>
<concept>
<code value="air-ambulance"/>
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value="A fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft used for emergency medical transport."/>
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value="A watercraft used for emergency medical response and transport."/>
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