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Table 1 Total Pediatric (age ≤ 18 years) EMS Encounters in 2018 from Major Urban EMS Agency (N = 2731)

From: Development of a simulation-based curriculum for Pediatric prehospital skills: a mixed-methods needs assessment

 

N

%

Age

  

 0–1

465

17.0%

 2–5

446

16.3%

 6–11

428

15.7%

 12–15

513

18.8%

 16–18

879

32.2%

Gender

 Female

1225

44.9%

 Male

1374

50.3%

 Not Reported

132

4.8%

Race/Ethnicity

 White

606

22.2%

 Black or African American

450

16.5%

 Hispanic or Latino

380

13.9%

 Asian

284

10.4%

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

22

0.8%

 American Indian or Alaska Native

3

0.1%

 Unknown

986

36.1%

Distress

 Mild

1346

49.3%

 Moderate

364

13.3%

 None

555

20.3%

 Severe

79

2.9%

 Not Reported

387

14.2%

Final Patient Acuity

 Critical (Red)

57

2.1%

 Emergent (Yellow)

375

13.7%

 Lower Acuity (Green)

2291

83.9%

 Dead Without Resuscitation Efforts (Black)

3

0.1%

 Not Reported

5

0.2%

Medical Trauma

 Medical

1728

63.3%

 Medical & Trauma

59

2.2%

 Trauma

931

34.1%

 Not Reported

13

0.5%

Quarter

 Q1

743

27.2%

 Q2

671

24.6%

 Q3

635

23.3%

 Q4

682

25.0%