Table 2 Injury mechanism and trauma location in relation to prehospital assessed severity and median age
N = 5,2351 | Low acuity, N = 2,3151 | High acuity, N = 2,4281 | p-value2 | ≤ 63 yrs, N = 2,6131 | > 63 yrs, N = 2,5671 | p-value2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injury mechanism (184)3 | |||||||
Motor vehicle | 407 (8.1) | 195 (8.7) | 129 (5.5) | < 0.001 | 347 (13.6) | 51 (2.1) | < 0.001 |
Motorcycle | 106 (2.1) | 22 (1.0) | 63 (2.7) | < 0.001 | 100 (3.9) | 5 (0.2) | < 0.001 |
Bicycle | 200 (4.0) | 89 (4.0) | 92 (3.9) | > 0.9 | 155 (6.1) | 41 (1.7) | < 0.001 |
Pedestrian | 20 (0.4) | 12 (0.5) | 5 (0.2) | 0.072 | 16 (0.6) | 3 (0.1) | 0.004 |
Other traffic accident | 40 (0.8) | 18 (0.8) | 18 (0.8) | 0.9 | 27 (1.1) | 12 (0.5) | 0.022 |
Shot by firearm | 10 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 6 (0.3) | 0.13 | 8 (0.3) | 1 (0.0) | 0.039 |
Stabbed by knife or other sharp object | 201 (4.0) | 99 (4.4) | 67 (2.9) | 0.005 | 178 (7.0) | 17 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
Struck or hit by blunt object | 389 (7.7) | 222 (9.9) | 126 (5.4) | < 0.001 | 348 (13.7) | 31 (1.3) | < 0.001 |
Low energy fall | 2,598 (51.4) | 1,089 (48.6) | 1,374 (58.5) | < 0.001 | 680 (26.7) | 1,909 (77.8) | < 0.001 |
High energy fall | 478 (9.5) | 200 (8.9) | 234 (10.0) | 0.2 | 318 (12.5) | 158 (6.4) | < 0.001 |
Blast injury | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | > 0.9 | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.3 |
Other injury | 599 (11.9) | 294 (13.1) | 233 (9.9) | < 0.001 | 368 (14.4) | 227 (9.2) | < 0.001 |
Trauma location (263) | |||||||
Residential area | 2,758 (55.5) | 1,150 (52.6) | 1,394 (59.8) | < 0.001 | 845 (34.0) | 1,903 (77.9) | < 0.001 |
Public area | 1,597 (32.1) | 713 (32.6) | 692 (29.7) | 0.034 | 1,116 (44.9) | 453 (18.5) | < 0.001 |
Stable | 57 (1.1) | 22 (1.0) | 31 (1.3) | 0.3 | 53 (2.1) | 4 (0.2) | < 0.001 |
Workplace | 138 (2.8) | 64 (2.9) | 66 (2.8) | 0.8 | 130 (5.2) | 7 (0.3) | < 0.001 |
Leisure activity | 273 (5.5) | 161 (7.4) | 92 (3.9) | < 0.001 | 255 (10.3) | 13 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
School | 31 (0.6) | 22 (1.0) | 4 (0.2) | < 0.001 | 31 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001 |
Nursing home | 35 (0.7) | 8 (0.4) | 24 (1.0) | 0.008 | 4 (0.2) | 31 (1.3) | < 0.001 |
Prison/detention centre | 5 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0.055 | 4 (0.2) | 1 (0.0) | 0.4 |
Nature/forrest | 23 (0.5) | 8 (0.4) | 14 (0.6) | 0.3 | 9 (0.4) | 14 (0.6) | 0.3 |
Water activity | 14 (0.3) | 5 (0.2) | 6 (0.3) | 0.8 | 11 (0.4) | 3 (0.1) | 0.035 |
Other location | 56 (1.1) | 37 (1.7) | 17 (0.7) | 0.003 | 37 (1.5) | 18 (0.7) | 0.012 |