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Table 3 Changed emergency response during the call for emergencies where video was added from bystanders’ smartphone compared to retrospective emergency calls without video

From: Live video from bystanders’ smartphones to medical dispatchers in real emergencies

  Provided emergency response Changed emergency response
  Live Video
N = 692
No-Video
N = 59,070
Live Video
N = 692
No-Video
N = 59,070
Unadjusted OR (95%CI) P-value Adjusted OR (95% CI) P-value
All emergency responses    190 (27.5%) 9607 (16.3%) 1.95 (1.64–2.30) < 0.001 1.58 (1.30–1.91) < 0.001
Emergency response with lights and siren 395 (56.4%) 25,690 (43.2%) 138 (34.9%) 5555 (21.6%) 1.95 (1.58–2.40) < 0.001 1.60 (1.27–2.03) < 0.001
Emergency response without lights and siren 121 (17.3%) 19,190 (32.2%) 23 (19.0%) 1529 (8.0%) 2.71 (1.7–4.29) < 0.001 1.84 (1.07–3.15) < 0.001
Non- urgent ambulance 15 (2.1%) 1731 (2.9%) 4 (26.7%) 381 (22.0%) 1.29 (0.41–4.07) 0.67 1.16 (0.33–4.13) 0.82.
Medical advice or self-transportation 161 (23 0%) 12,459 (20.9%) 25 (15.5%) 2142 (17.2%) 0.86 (0.58–1.36) 0.58 0.73 (0.43–1.23) 0.24
  1. Only main categories are presented. Data are given by frequency (N) and percentage (%)