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Table 1 Patients’ clinical characteristics including demographics, medical equipment according to the type of care provided, and clinical category (n = 979)

From: HEMS inter-facility transfer: a case-mix analysis

Demographic

 

All

 n (%)

979 (100)

 Gender male, n (%)

594 (60.7)

 Age (mean ± SD) (range)

50.7 ± 26.9 (1–95)

Adults

 n (%)

799 (81.6)

 Gender male, n (%)

487 (49.7)

 Age (mean ± SD) (range)

60.8 ± 18.1 (18–95)

Paediatric patients

 n (%)

180 (18.4)

 Gender male, n (%)

107 (10.9)

 Age (mean ± SD) (range)

6.1 ± 5.1 (1–17)

Care category (= n) (%)

Simple clinical examination

324 (33.1)

Intubated before transfer

0 (0)

Tracheotomized before transfer

0 (0)

Infusion pumps

0 (0)

Emergency treatment

615 (62.8)

Intubated before transfer

205 (20.9)

Tracheotomized before transfer

20 (2.0)

Infusion pumps

295 (30.1)

Resuscitation or life-saving measures

40 (4.1)

Intubated before transfer

23 (2.3)

Tracheotomized before transfer

0 (0)

Infusion pumps

17 (1.7)

Clinical category (= n) (%)

Heart/vessel disease

252 (25.7)

Myocardial infarct

103 (10.5)

Chest pain

38 (3.9)

Cardiac arrest

28 (2.9)

Cardiac insufficiency

17 (1.7)

Aortic abdominal aneurysm ruptured

14 (1.4)

Other

52 (5.3)

Traumatology

152 (15.5)

Mild TBI (GCS 14–15)

29 (3)

Blunt abdominal trauma

24 (2.5)

Moderate TBI (GCS 9–13)

13 (1.3)

Severe TBI (GCS 3–8)

13 (1.3)

Other trauma

73 (7.5%)

Neurology

123 (12.6)

Stroke

85 (8.7)

Status epilepticus

16 (1.6)

Epilepsy

14 (1.4)

Other

8 (0.8)

Pneumology

85 (8.7)

Obstetrics

58 (5.9)

Paediatrics

46 (4.7)

Toxicology

25 (2.6)

Psychiatry

3 (0.3)

Miscellaneous

235 (24)

  1. SD standard deviation, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, TBI traumatic brain injury
  2. *Continuous drugs used: norepinephrine, dopamine, dobutamine, propofol, clonidine, sodium nitroprusside, labetalol, alteplase, heparin, isosorbide dinitrate, nitroglycerin, atosiban