Table 1 Health issues with the number and percentage of cases for 2018, 2019 and 2020 in the state of Vaud, Switzerland

Cardiac arrest (CA)

625

1,78

579

1,61

612

1,70

Nontraumatic coma

167

0,47

138

0,38

151

0,42

Alertness disorders

766

2,18

717

2,00

629

1,74

Brief loss of consciousness, noncardiac malaise (vagal, hypoTA)

1977

5,62

1995

5,56

1964

5,44

Convulsive seizure

917

2,61

921

2,57

891

2,47

Respiratory distress or failure

2439

6,93

2536

7,07

2832

7,85

Asthma attack

36

0,10

33

0,09

33

0,09

Heart attack, nontraumatic chest pain (conscious victim)

1628

4,63

1636

4,56

1741

4,82

Shock (hypovolemic cardiogenic, septic, anaphylactic)

264

0,75

291

0,81

306

0,85

Hemorrhage without trauma (digestive, ENT, gynecological)

582

1,65

682

1,90

641

1,78

Rhythm and/or conduction disorders (bradycardia, AV block, …)

460

1,31

437

1,22

455

1,26

Hypertensive emergency

306

0,87

271

0,76

282

0,78

Neurological deficit without coma and nontraumatic

911

2,59

973

2,71

1010

2,80

Headaches

336

0,95

397

1,11

320

0,89

Psychiatric cases (agitation, anxiety, …)

2423

6,89

2326

6,48

2493

6,91

Intoxication without coma (OH, drugs, CO, smoke)

2131

6,06

2151

5,99

1994

5,53

Allergy (without anaphylactic shock)

248

0,70

190

0,53

255

0,71

Polytrauma*

130

0,37

131

0,37

127

0,35

Trauma to limbs (including dislocation)*

4347

12,36

4467

12,45

4425

12,26

Craniocerebral trauma*

1616

4,59

1753

4,89

1701

4,71

Maxillofacial trauma*

647

1,84

699

1,95

576

1,60

Trauma to the spine*

648

1,84

610

1,70

500

1,39

Thoracic trauma*

424

1,21

425

1,18

372

1,03

Abdominal trauma*

88

0,25

78

0,22

83

0,23

Trauma to the pelvis (perineum) *

108

0,31

139

0,39

116

0,32

Nontraumatic abdominal pain

1987

5,65

2014

5,61

1987

5,51

Nontraumatic lumbar pain

658

1,87

677

1,89

624

1,73

Health care impossible at home

612

1,74

792

2,21

964

2,67

Declined general condition (BEG)

2702

7,68

2982

8,31

3409

9,45

Pregnancy, childbirth, birth

135

0,38

114

0,32

117

0,32

Burns

61

0,17

45

0,13

48

0,13

Drowning without CA

6

0,02

5

0,01

3

0,01

Electrification without CA

8

0,02

6

0,02

10

0,03

Hypothermia without CA

28

0,08

23

0,06

20

0,06

Other

4763

13,54

4649

12,96

4393

12,17

Total

35,184

35,882

(+ 1,98%)

36,084

(+ 0,56%)