| Full triage | Limited triage | P |
---|---|---|---|
n = 5150 | n = 1502 | ||
Age – years (25th, 75th percentile) | |||
 Median | 69 (45,83) | 57 (34,76) | <0.001 |
Sex – n (%) | |||
 Female | 2758 (53.6) | 767 (51.1) | 0.089 |
Dispatcher priority – n (%) (16,17)a |  |  | <0.001 |
 Priority 1 | 2436 (47.4) | 813 (54.7) |  |
 Priority 2 | 2485 (48.4) | 586 (39.5) |  |
 Priority 3 | 213 (4.1) | 86 (5.8) |  |
Dispatch medical indexb – n (%) (19,12)a | |||
 Chest pain/cardiac disease | 834 (16.3) | 157 (10.5) | <0.001 |
 Extremity/wound/minor trauma | 612 (12.9) | 192 (11.9) | 0.322 |
 Uncertain information/suspicion of severe illness | 570 (11.1) | 156 (10.5) | 0.510 |
 Respiratory difficulties | 602 (11.7) | 106 (7.1) | <0.001 |
 Abdominal/urinary tract symptoms | 624 (12.2) | 80 (5.4) | <0.001 |
Medical historyc – n (%) | |||
 Diseases of the circulatory system I00-I99 | 5135 (30.0) | 1002 (23.1) | <0.001 |
 Mental and behavioural disorders F00-F99 | 2616 (15.3) | 1195 (27.5) | <0.001 |
 Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases E00-E89 | 1558 (9.1) | 348 (8.0) | 0.024 |
 Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue M00-M99 | 1190 (7.0) | 259 (6.0) | 0.020 |
 Diseases of the digestive system K00-K95 | 1046 (6.1) | 179 (4.1) | <0.001 |
 No medical history | 634 (12.3) | 270 (18.0) | <0.001 |
Time of day – n (%) |  |  | 0.037 |
 08:00–16:00 | 2294 (44.5) | 612 (40.7) |  |
 16:00–24:00 | 1848 (35.9) | 590 (39.3) |  |
 24:00–08:00 | 1008 (19.6) | 300 (20.0) |  |
Time on scene – mins (25th, 75th percentile) | |||
 Median | 23 (16,31) | 21 (13,30) | <0.001 |
Prehospital triage level – n (%) (0, 551)a |  |  | 0.655 |
 Red | 489 (9.5) | 115 (12.1) |  |
 Orange | 1609 (31.2) | 299 (31.4) |  |
 Yellow | 2244 (43.6) | 351 (36.9) |  |
 Green | 808 (15.7) | 186 (19.6) |  |
Prehospital field assessment according to RETTS-Ad – n (%) (0,538)a | |||
 Chest/thoracic pain | 537 (10.4) | 86 (8.9) | 0.164 |
 Abdominal/flank pain | 548 (10.6) | 46 (4.8) | <0.001 |
 Respiratory distress/dyspnoa/breathing difficulties | 504 (9.8) | 41 (4.3) | <0.001 |
 Unspecific condition | 423 (8.2) | 68 (7.1) | 0.245 |
 Injury head trauma | 266 (5.2) | 86 (8.9) | <0.001 |
Under the influence of substances (alcohol, drugs) – n (%) | 423 (8.2) | 246 (16.4) | <0.001 |
Prehospital medication – n (%) | |||
 Any medication | 1581 (30.7) | 330 (22.0) | <0.001 |
 Intravenous medication | 852 (16.5) | 181 (12.1) | < 0.001 |
Level of care – n (%) |  |  |  |
 Hospital | 4394 (85.3) | 946 (63.0) | <0.001 |
  Emergency department | 4072 (92.7) | 848 (89.6) | 0.002 |
  Bypass emergency departmente | 322 (7.3) | 99 (10.4) |  |
 Referral to primary care | 93 (1.8) | 50 (3.3) | 0.001 |
 Stay on scene with increased social/home care | 61 (1.2) | 39 (2.6) | <0.001 |
 Stay on scene with advice on self-care/medication | 602 (11.7) | 467 (31.1) | <0.001 |
  ED admission within 72 h | 76 (10.1) | 50 (9.0) | 0.570 |
Mode of transport to hospital – n (%) |  |  | 0.001 |
 Ambulance | 4120 (93.8) | 859 (90.8) |  |
 By own transportation | 32 (0.7) | 9 (1.0) |  |
 Patient transport | 117 (2.7) | 24 (2.5) |  |
 Seated transport | 121 (2.8) | 38 (4.0) |  |
 Police | 16 (1.7) | 4 (0.1) |  |
Management ED – n (%) (3,11)a | |||
 Admitted to in-patient care | 2208 (50.4) | 423 (44.6) | 0.002 |
 Extended examination/interventionf | 593 (13.5) | 181 (19.2) | <0.001 |
 Lab, drug administration, prescription | 1203 (27.4) | 209 (22.2) | 0.001 |
 Clinical examination/observation only | 187 (4.3) | 88 (9.3) | <0.001 |
  Patient managed by ED nurse, referral to primary care | 43 (1.0) | 11 (1.2) | 0.591 |
  Patient leaves without being seen or against medical advice | 149 (3.4) | 31 (3.3) | 0.921 |
Days of in-patient care – n | |||
 Mean (SD) | 8.0 (8.8) | 8.8 (12.6) | 0.097 |
 Median (25th,75th percentile) | 5 (3,11) | 5 (2,11) | 0.112 |
Final hospital assessment, ICD-107 – n (%) (83,261)a | |||
 Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings R00-R99 | 857 (20.7) | 114 (13.2) | < 0.001 |
 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes S00-S99, T00-T98 | 693 (16.8) | 235 (27.3) | < 0.001 |
 Mental and behavioural disorders F00-F99 | 266 (6.4) | 157 (18.2) | <0.001 |
 Diseases of the circulatory system I00-I99 | 530 (12.8) | 105 (12.2) | 0.653 |
 Diseases of the respiratory system J00-J99 | 383 (9.3) | 35 (4.1) | <0.001 |
Time-critical diagnosis (83,261)a | 416 (10.1) | 135 (15.6) | < 0.001 |
Deranged clinical signs/ occurrence of complications within 48 hh | 418 (9.5) | 119 (12.6) | 0.006 |
All-cause mortality – n (%) | |||
 ≤ 7 days | 89 (1.7) | 57 (3.8) | < 0.001 |
 ≤ 30 days | 217 (4.2) | 74 (4.9) | 0.234 |
 ≤ 365 days | 741 (14.4) | 175 (11.7) | 0.006 |