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Table 2 Vital signs of non-conveyed adults (≥18 years), n (%) if not otherwise stated

From: Characteristics of non-conveyed patients in emergency medical services (EMS): a one-year prospective descriptive and comparative study in a region of Sweden

 

Non-conveyed patients, n = 2305

Male, n = 1136

Female, n = 1153

Cognition

 1

2085 (99)

1004 (99)

1067 (99)

  ≥ 2

16 (1)

9 (1)

7 (1)

 Missing

(9)

(11)

(7)

Respiratory rate, Mean (SD)

18 (3)

18 (3)

18 (3)

 8–25

2083 (100)

1012 (100)

1052 (99)

  > 30 or ≤ 7

1 (< 1)

0 (0)

1 (< 1)

 26–30

9 (< 1)

3 (< 1)

5 (< 1)

Missing

(9)

(11)

(8)

Blood oxygen saturation, Mean (SD)

98 (2)

97 (2)

98 (2)

 96–100

1851 (86)

896 (85)

941 (86)

 90–95

296 (14)

151 (14)

145 (13)

  < 90

5 (< 1)

1 (< 1)

4 (< 1)

Missing

(7)

(8)

63 (5)

Systolic blood pressure, Mean (SD)

140 (23)

139 (22)

140 (24)

 90–199

2054 (98)

1004 (99)

1037 (98)

  ≥ 200

35 (2)

14 (1)

21 (2)

  < 90

1 (< 1)

0 (0)

1 (< 1)

Missing

(9)

(10)

(8)

Diastolic blood pressure, Mean (SD)

82 (12)

82 (13)

81 (13)

 40–100

1784 (96)

866 (95)

905 (96)

  > 100

83 (4)

47 (5)

36 (4)

  < 40

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Missing

(19)

(20)

(18)

Pulse, Mean (SD)

86 (16)

85 (16)

87 (15)

 50–120

2137 (99)

1042 (99)

1081 (99)

  > 120

18 (1)

12 (1)

6 (1)

  < 50

4 (< 1)

1 (< 1)

3 (< 1)

Missing

(6)

(7)

(5)

Temperature, Mean (SD)

37 (1)

37 (1)

37 (1)

 35–38.5

1959 (97)

943 (97)

1004 (98)

  > 38.5

39 (2)

21 (2)

17 (2)

  < 35.0

14 (1)

7 (1)

7 (1)

Missing

(13)

(15)

125 (11)

  1. P-value < 0.05 between non-conveyed male and female adults.
  2. Mann-Whitneys U-test: Cognition. T-test: All other vital signs.