State Data Dictionary - North Dakota Department of Health

Version 2.0 09/18/200732. Unit Back at Home LocationName of Data Element:Priority: MandatoryUnit Back at Home LocationDefinition: The date/time the responding unit was back in their servicearea. In agencies who utilized Agency Status Management,home location means the service area as assigned through theagency status management protocol.National Element: YesNHTSA 2:E05_13XML: XSD Data Type: xs:datetimeXSD Domain (Simple Type): DateTimeMultiple Entry Configuration: NoAccepts Null Values: Yes, null value is blank or emptyRequired in XSD: YesContent: The date/time the responding unit was back in their service area. In agencies whoutilized Agency Status Management, home location means the service area as assigned throughthe agency status management protocol.Discussion and Justification: Allows planning of EMS resources. Allows data to be sortedbased on EMS agency time. Allows data to describe EMS agency time intervals.Business Rules: All records submitted must have a Unit Back at Home Location date/timeentered. Records with missing or an invalid entry may be rejected and marked as non-compliantby the system. If the incident is appropriate to not report this data element, then this elementwould be submitted following the null rules.Technical Comments: Date and times are to be transmitted using Greenwich Meantime (ref:NHTSA Dataset and XSD change log 2.2.1, March 31, 2006). Format example, 2006-04-04T08:05:00.0Z.Page 50Copyright 2006-2007, North Dakota Department of Health, Division of EMS & Med-Media, Inc.