Table 1 General characteristics of trauma patients transported by the EMS of the firefighting agency to Ajou Trauma Center from 2016 to 2018
Variable | Value |
|---|---|
Sex | |
Male, n (%) | 1752 (71.9%) |
Age, y (mean ± standard deviation) | 50.9 ± 18.0 |
Injury mechanism | |
Traffic accident, n (%) | 1313 (53.9%) |
Fall, n (%) | 505 (20.7%) |
Slip down, n (%) | 271 (11.1%) |
Struck, n (%) | 99 (4.1%) |
Machine, n (%) | 73 (3.0%) |
Penetrating, n (%) | 146 (6.0%) |
Other/Unknown, n (%) | 31 (1.3%) |
Injury Severity Score (mean ± standard deviation) | 13.3 ± 11.3 |
24-h mortality, n | 63 (2.6%) |
Final mortality, n | 167(6.8%) |
Triage | |
Step 1, n (%) | 471 (19.3%) |
Step 2, n (%) | 296 (10.5%) |
Step 3, n (%) | 910 (32.3%) |
Step 1 or step 2, n (%) | 664 (27.2%) |
Step 1 or step 2 or step 3, n (%) | 1161 (47.6%) |