Table 2 Prehospital transport time intervals for stroke and myocardial infarction patients in East Tennessee
From: Emergency medical services transport delays for suspected stroke and myocardial infarction patients
EMS 1 | EMS 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time (Minutes) | N | Median | Min, Max | IQRa | N | Median | Min, Max | IQRa | p + |
Stroke | 1075 | 511 | |||||||
Total | 1041 | 35 | (4, 78) | 13 (28.5–41.5) | 509 | 41 | (<1, 144) | 18 (32–50) | <.0001 |
Response | 1047 | 6 | (<1, 45) | 5 (3.5–8.5) | 506 | 4 | (<1, 46) | 5 (1.5–6.5) | <.0001 |
On-scene | 1052 | 13 | (<1, 39) | 8 (9–17) | 509 | 14 | (<1, 122) | 9 (9.5–18.5) | 0.093 |
Travel | 1048 | 15 | (<1, 47) | 8 (11–19) | 509 | 23 | (<1, 77) | 16 (11.5–27.5) | <.0001 |
MI | 1754 | 576 | |||||||
Total | 1717 | 34 | (3, 97) | 14 (27–41) | 572 | 41 | (<1, 123) | 17 (32.5–49.5) | <.0001 |
Response | 1738 | 6 | (<1, 32) | 4 (4–8) | 573 | 4 | (<1, 27) | 5 (1.5–6.5) | <.0001 |
On-scene | 1739 | 13 | (<1, 73) | 7 (9.5–16.5) | 575 | 12 | (<1, 51) | 11 (6.5–17.5) | 0.61 |
Travel | 1728 | 14 | (<1, 68) | 9 (9.5–18.5) | 572 | 23 | (<1, 94) | 8 (19–27) | <.0001 |