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Table 1 Dispatch criteria

From: Dispatch of a helicopter emergency medicine service to patients with a sudden, unexplained loss of consciousness of medical origin

 

N (%)

999-scene time (min)

p

Dispatch type

 Direct

Cat 1

6 (4.6)

5 (3)

<.001

Cat 2

23 (17.6)

16 (14)

 Request

Cat 3

33 (25.2)

39 (18)

Cat 4

65 (49.6)

40 (23)

Dispatch day

Weekday

95 (74.8)

32 (21)

.38

Weekend

32 [25.2)

38 (28)

  1. Table 1. Displayed are mean (SD) 999-scene times. Cat 1; direct dispatch based on one grade 1 criterium; Cat 2, direct dispatch based on two grade 2 criteria; Cat 3, dispatch on request of critical care desk; Cat 4, dispatch on request of ambulance crew on scene.
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