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Table 3 Overall guideline adherence and effect on EMD response intervala

From: Dispatch guideline adherence and response interval—a study of emergency medical calls in Norway

 

All calls (N = 299)

Ambulance dispatches (N = 279)

    

EMD response interval (min:sec)a

 

N

%

N

%

Median

IQRb

p-value

Overall guideline adherence

      

<0.0005

 3

162

54

157

56

2:12

2:03

 

 2

101

34

92

33

3:19

3:56

 

 1

32

11

26

9

3:03

4:03

 

 0

4

1

4

1

4:28

10:36

0.225

  1. aEmergency Medical Dispatch response interval: Time from 113 call is answered until an ambulance is dispatched
  2. bIQR Interquartile range