Table 1 Demographic information on the three included emergency medical service organizations
From: Adverse events in prehospital emergency care: a trigger tool study
Urban organization | Mixed organization | Rural organization | |
|---|---|---|---|
Area | 900 km2 | 6464 km2 | 28,030 km2 |
Population | 660,000 | 302,441 | 284,531 |
Population/km2 | 733 | 47 | 10 |
EMS missions/year | 82,419 | 39,517 | 37,149 |
Mission time (minutes) (median) | 47 | 62 | 78 |
Proportion of RN | 88% | 96% | 89% |