Table 1 The total call volume, number of patients, the mission outcome, the expenditure of time in all missions with and without transport of patients, and the response times during the 15 weeks of the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Region of Southern Denmark compared with the same period the year before the pandemic. All ambulances dispatched with sirens and lights entered into the analyses. Data presented as numbers and percentages or minutes and quartiles
2019 | 2020 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total call volume | 29,745 | 26,683 | N/A |
Total number of patients attended to with ambulances with sirens and lights | 15,678 | 13,989 | N/A |
Number of patients released at the scene | 2160 (13.8%) | 2274 (16.3%) | < 0.001 |
Number of patients transported to hospital | 13,518 (86.2%) | 11,715 (83.7%) | |
Minutes spent at the scene (released patients) | 30.7 (19.8–44.3) | 37.4 (25.9–51.7) | < 0.001 |
Minutes spent at the scene (transported patients) | 18.7 (13.7–24.8) | 20.6 (14.8–27.5) | < 0.001 |
Response time in minutes | 7.0 (4.8–10.3) | 7.0 (4.8–10.2) | 0.98 |