Table 2 Time (minutes) between onset of symptoms, seeking medical advice and arrival at CCU for patients with ACS overall and by most common prehospital paths
Overall | Most common prehospital path | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP cooperative – ambulance | GP – ambulance | GP only | Ambulance only | ||
N = 202 | N = 51 (25.2 %) | N = 49 (24.3 %) | N = 27 (13.4 %) | N = 25 (12.4 %) | |
N (%)a | N (%)b | N (%)b | N (%)b | N (%)b | |
Symptom - arrival | |||||
Median (25-75th) | 385 (130–2859) | 172 (99–608) | 582 (155–4285) | 4333 (416–13,184) | 120 (82–405) |
< 90 | 24 (12.1) | 7 (13.7) | 3 (6.3) | 2 (7.7) | 6 (26.1) |
90-239 | 61 (30.8) | 23 (45.1) | 15 (31.3) | 3 (11.5) | 10 (43.5) |
240-359 | 8 (4.0) | 3 (5.9) | 3 (6.3) | 1 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) |
> = 360 | 105 (53.0) | 18 (35.3) | 27 (56.3) | 20 (76.9) | 7 (30.4) |
Symptom - medical advicec | |||||
Median (25-75th) | 180 (30–1425) | 95 (20–360) | 495 (60–4085) | 1290 (53–13,020) | 60 (30–353) |
< 90 | 82 (41.2) | 24 (47.1) | 16 (34.0) | 7 (26.9) | 16 (64.0) |
90-239 | 22 (11.1) | 10 (19.6) | 4 (8.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (8.0) |
240-359 | 14 (7.0) | 4 (7.8) | 2 (4.2) | 1 (3.8) | 1 (4.0) |
> = 360 | 81 (40.7) | 13 (25.5) | 25 (53.2) | 18 (69.2) | 6 (24.0) |
Medical advice - arrival | |||||
Median (25-75th) | 95 (60–196) | 80 (60–113) | 100 (71–167) | 197 (100–1678) | 60 (45–74) |
< 90 | 91 (46.0) | 29 (56.9) | 19 (39.6) | 6 (23.1) | 20 (87.0) |
90–239 | 65 (32.8) | 15 (29.4) | 20 (41.7) | 9 (34.6) | 3 (13.0) |
240–359 | 6 (3.0) | 1 (2.0) | 1 (2.1) | 1 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) |
> = 360 | 36 (18.2) | 6 (11.8) | 8 (16.7) | 10 (38.5) | 0 (0.0) |