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Table 2 Demographic data over patients triaged to self-care by EMS

From: Reasons for bias in ambulance clinicians’ assessments of non-conveyed patients: a mixed-methods study

Variable

N = 240

Female N (%)

131(54.6)

Men N (%)

109 (45.4)

Age years mean (SD)

59.28 (22.21)

Priority from dispatch N (%)

 Priority 1

88 (36.6)

 Priority 2

142 (59.2)

 Priority 3

10 (4.2)

Documented vital signs mean (SD)

 Respiration rate/min

17.03 (0.32)

 Oxygen saturation/%

97.72 (0.23)

 Pulse rate/min

82.47 (1.75)

 Systolic blood pressure/mmHg

135.32 (2.44)

 Diastolic blood pressure/mmHg

77.10 (1.37)

 Body temperature/ °C

36.37 (0.64)

 Plasma glucose/mmol/l

6.84 (0.33)

Triage color vital signs N (%)

 Green

217 (90.4)

 Yellow

14 (5.8)

 Orange

3 (1.3)

 Red

2 (0.8)

 No triage

4 (1.7)

Triage color ESS N (%)

 Green

154 (64.2)

 Yellow

75 (31.3)

 Orange

7 (2.9)

 Red

3 (1.3)

 Ni triage

1 (0.4)

Triage color overall (RETTS)

 Green

146 (60.8)

 Yellow

77 (32.1)

 Orange

10 (4.2)

 Red

4 (1.7)

 No triage

3 (1.2)