Number of phone calls to hospitals by EMS personnel | |||
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<5 | ≥5 | ||
(n=88 449) | (n=12 200) | p Value | |
Age, median (IQR) | 51 (28–72) | 54 (34–73) | <0.001 |
Age group, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
Children aged ≤14 years | 8444 (9.5) | 471 (3.9) | |
Adults aged 15–64 years | 48 805 (55.2) | 7132 (58.5) | |
Elderly aged ≥65 years | 31 200 (35.3) | 4597 (37.7) | |
Male, n (%) | 48 586 (54.9) | 6871 (56.3) | 0.004 |
Foreigners, n (%) | 191 (0.2) | 54 (0.4) | <0.001 |
Loss of consciousness (GCS≤8), n (%) | 4705 (5.3) | 858 (7.0) | <0.001 |
Location, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
Home | 40 532 (45.8) | 6076 (49.8) | |
Public space | 38 650 (43.7) | 5093 (41.7) | |
Workspace | 2646 (3.0) | 192 (1.6) | |
Healthcare facility | 484 (0.5) | 55 (0.5) | |
Other | 6137 (6.9) | 784 (6.4) | |
Time of day, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
Daytime (09:00–17:00) | 39 275 (44.4) | 3026 (24.8) | |
Night-time (17:00–09:00) | 49 174 (55.6) | 9174 (75.2) | |
Day of week, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
Weekdays | 57 569 (65.1) | 6866 (56.3) | |
Weekends/holidays | 30 880 (34.9) | 5334 (43.7) | |
Reason for EMS call, n (%) | <0.001 | ||
Internal disease | 55 199 (62.4) | 7299 (59.8) | |
Gynaecological disease | 1028 (1.2) | 26 (0.2) | |
Fire accident (including natural disaster) | 167 (0.2) | 27 (0.2) | |
Water accident | 29 (0.03) | 2 (0.02) | |
Traffic accident involving car, ship or aircraft | 12 119 (13.7) | 1311 (10.7) | |
Injury, poisoning and disease due to industrial accident | 1087 (1.2) | 124 (1.0) | |
Disease and injury during sports | 697 (0.8) | 78 (0.6) | |
Disease and injury while watching sports | 18 (0.02) | 2 (0.02) | |
Asphyxia | 402 (0.5) | 57 (0.5) | |
Gas poisoning not due to industrial accident and self-injury | 12 (0.01) | 6 (0.05) | |
Trauma due to assault | 1378 (1.6) | 512 (4.2) | |
Self-induced drug abuse and gas poisoning | 573 (0.6) | 325 (2.7) | |
Self-induced trauma | 433 (0.5) | 103 (0.8) | |
Other injury | 15 307 (17.3) | 2328 (19.1) | |
Time from patient's call to contact by EMS, min, median (IQR) | 6 (4–7) | 6 (4–7) | 0.003 |
Time from patient's call to hospital arrival, min, median (IQR) | 29 (23–37) | 57 (46–74) | <0.001 |
EMS, emergency medical service; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.