Skip to main content

Table 3 Top 10 presenting complaints in ambulance and non-ambulance group

From: Ambulance use in Pakistan: an analysis of surveillance data from emergency departments in Pakistan

Ambulance*

Non-ambulance**

Head injury (12%)

Fever (12%)

Lower extremity injury (11%)

Abdominal pain (9%)

Loss of consciousness (7%)

Vomiting (7%)

Chest pain (6%)

Chest pain (7%)

Shortness of breath (6%)

Headache (5%)

Fever (5%)

Cough (4%)

Upper limb injuries (5%)

Lower extremity injuries (4%)

Abdominal pain (5%)

Shortness of breath (4%)

Face injuries (4%)

Head injury (3%)

Vomiting (4%)

Upper limb injuries (3%)

  1. * constitutes 65% of all presenting complaints in non-ambulance group
  2. **constitutes 59% of all presenting complaints in non-ambulance group