Table 1 Characteristics of Emergency Medical Retrieval Service patients stratified by retrieval tasks and pre-hospital critical care attendances
Retrieval n = 2,808 | Pre-hospital critical care n = 3,633 | |
|---|---|---|
Median (Range) | ||
Age (years) | 60 (1–96) | 42 (0–97) |
Missing | 133 | 444 |
n (%) | ||
Sex | ||
Female | 1,060 (42.2) | 784 (27.5) |
Male | 1,454 (57.8) | 2,062 (72.5) |
Missing | 294 | 787 |
Principal Diagnosis | ||
Injury & poisoning | 633 (22.5) | 3,206 (88.2) |
Respiratory | 581 (20.7) | 13 (0.4) |
Circulatory system | 520 (18.5) | 295 (8.1) |
Neurological | 371 (13.2) | 67 (1.8) |
Infectious & parasitic diseases | 365 (13.0) | 17 (0.5) |
Other | 337 (12.0) | 35 (1.0) |
Missing | 1 | 0 |