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Table 2 Outcome variables by gender

From: Do male and female trauma patients receive the same prehospital care?: an observational follow-up study

Gender

Male

Female

P value

n (%)

n (%)

* sign.

Prehospital priority

  

<0.001*

 Priority 1

238 (88.1)

72 (72.0)

 

 Priority > 1

32 (11.9)

28 (28.0)

 

Transport to trauma center

  

0.016*

 Yes

232(83.2)

75(72.1)

 

 No

47(16.8)

29(27.9)

 

Highest level of prehospital competence

  

0.033*

 Basic

105(38.7)

52(51.0)

 

 Advanced

166(61.3)

50(49.0)

 

Type of prehospital transportation

  

0.457

 Ground ambulance

208(76.8)

76(73.1)

 

 Helicopter

63(23.2)

28(26.9)

 

Prehospital airway management

  

0.721

 Not intubated

248 (89.9)

92 (91.1)

 

 Intubated

28 (10.1)

9 (8.9)

 

Prehospital fluids

  

0.077

 No fluids

177 (63.4)

76 (73.1)

 

 Fluids

102 (36.6)

28 (26.9)

 

Prehospital analgesics

  

0.611

 No analgesics

191 (68.5)

74 (71.2)

 

 Analgesics

88 (31.5)

30 (28.8)

 

Prehospital immobilization of neck and spine

  

0.105

 No immobilization of both neck and spine

131 (47.0)

58 (56.3)

 

 Immobilization of both neck and spine

148 (53.0)

45 (43.7)

 

30-day mortality (yes)

51 (18.5)

17 (17)

0.731

24-h mortality (yes)

31 (11.4)

11 (11.2)

0.972

Hospital LOS, median days (IQR)

9 (4–20)

8 (3–16)

0.222

Total prehospital time, median min. (IQR)

42 (32–53)

43 (34–52)

0.572

Prehospital on-scene time, median min. (IQR)

17 (12–24)

17 (12–22)

0.496

  1. * is a marker for a significant finding and the p level was set to <0,05