From: Emergency medical services transport delays for suspected stroke and myocardial infarction patients
EMS 1 | EMS 2 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Time intervals | Total >60 min | Response >10 min | On-scene >15 min | Total >60 min | Response >10 min | On-scene >15 min |
(n = 154) | (n = 231) | (n = 375) | (n = 84) | (n = 90) | (n = 212) | |
Age | ||||||
Mediana | 75 | 75 | 77*** | 64*** | 63* | 58* |
Medianb | 74 | 74 | 73 | 53 | 53 | 51 |
Gender: # (%) | ||||||
Female | 21(91.3)** | - | 252 (67.2) | 34 (43.6) | - | 113 (53.3) |
Male | 2 (8.7) | - | 123 (32.8) | 44 (56.4) | - | 99 (46.7) |
Specialty center: # (%) | ||||||
Yes | 20 (87)* | - | 260 (69.3) | 65 (84.4) | - | 27 (12.8)* |
No | 3 (13) | - | 115 (30.7) | 12 (24.5) | - | 184 (87.2) |
Season: # (%) | ||||||
Fall | 7 (30.4) | 66 (28.6) | 126 (33.6) | 31 (39.7) | 29 (43.3)*A | 82 (38.7) |
Winter | 9 (39.1) | 59 (25.5) | 101 (26.9) | 12 (15.4) | 4 (6.0)B | 39 (18.4) |
Spring | 2 (8.7) | 50 (21.7) | 67 (17.9) | 15 (19.2) | 9 (13.4)A,B | 32 (15.1) |
Summer | 5 (31.7) | 56 (24.2) | 81 (21.6) | 20 (35.6) | 25 (37.3)A | 59 (27.8) |
Dispatch reason: # (%) | ||||||
CVA/Stroke | 21 (91.3) | 212 (92.6) | 338 (90.6) | 10 (12.8) | 9 (13.4)*B | 21 (9.9) |
Unconscious | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.3) | 11 (3.0) | 11 (14.1) | 8 (11.9)B | 49 (23.1) |
Seizure | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.5) | 11 (14.1) | 6 (9.0)B | 29 (13.7) |
Fall | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.9) | 2 (0.5) | 7 (9.0) | 8 (11.9)B | 34 (16.0) |
Otherc | 2 (8.7) | 11 (4.8) | 20 (5.4) | 39 (50) | 36 (53.7)A | 79 (37.3) |