For all interfacility transports, the medical control contact is the physician at the sending facility. Which statement is true about CORE status in this context?

• A. CORE status is not related to patient priority.
• B. Status 1 per CORE indicates the most critical patients.
• C. CORE status is only used for non-emergency transport.
• D. Status 3 per CORE indicates the most critical patients.

Answer: (B)

CORE status is a coding system used during interfacility transports to communicate patient priority to the receiving team and to medical control. In this system, lower numbers mean higher urgency. So a designation of Status 1 identifies the most critical patients who require the fastest response and the most intensive resources. This is why the statement is true: Status 1 denotes the highest level of critical need. The other options conflict with how CORE is used—it's directly tied to patient priority, it applies to emergency and non-emergency interfacility transports, and Status 3 does not indicate the most critical level.