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Table 3 NEWS2 score (age > 16 years)

From: EMS non-conveyance: A safe practice to decrease ED crowding or a threat to patient safety?

NEWS2 score

Clinical risk

Non-conveyed patients

(N = 11,861, missing 536)

Aggregate score 0–4

Low

10,338 (91.3)

Red score; Score of 3 in any individual parameter

Low–medium

714 (6.3)

Aggregate score 5–6

Medium

215 (1.9)

Aggregate score ≥ 7

High

58 (0.5)

Median [IQR]

 

0 [0–1]

  1. Data are given as n (%) unless otherwise noted