Table 1 Patient and prehospital characteristics
From: Prehospital time and mortality in polytrauma patients: a retrospective analysis
Variable | Survivors (n = 254, 74.3%) | Non-survivors (n = 88, 25.7%) | Total (n = 342) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Prehospital time, mean (SD) | 45.3 (14.5) | 44.9 (13.2) | 45.2 (14.1) | 0.501 |
Gender, male (%) | 68.9 | 63.6 | 67.5 | 0.364 |
Age, mean (SD) | 49.0 (19.2) | 61.1 (21.5) | 52.1 (20.5) | < 0.001* |
Comorbidity (%) | ||||
ASA 1 | 65.7 | 42.0 | 59.6 | < 0.001* |
ASA 2 | 30.4 | 38.7 | 32.5 | 0.151 |
ASA 3,4 | 3.9 | 19.3 | 7.9 | < 0.001* |
Mechanism of injury (%) | ||||
Traffic | 46.9 | 38.6 | 44.7 | 0.182 |
Fall from height | 36.6 | 40.9 | 37.8 | 0.474 |
Other | 16.5 | 20.5 | 17.5 | 0.401 |
Type of injury, blunt (%) | 94.5 | 93.2 | 94.2 | 0.653 |
HEMS assistance, Yes (%) | 46.1 | 62.5 | 50.3 | 0.008* |
Prehospital GCS, median (IQR) | 13.5 (6.0–15.0) | 3.0 (3.0–13.0) | 11.0 (3.0–15.0) | < 0.001* |
ISS, median (IQR) | 20.0 (17.0–25.0) | 25.0 (25.0–29.8) | 22.0 (17.0–26.3) | < 0.001* |