|
Ground ambulance
|
Air ambulance
|
Hospital record only*
|
---|
|
N = 231
|
N = 75
|
N = 76
|
---|
Patient physiology
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
n (%)
|
---|
Glasgow coma scale
| | | | | | |
Exact values
|
110
|
(48)
|
67
|
(89)
|
8
|
(11)
|
RTS category documented
|
0
| |
0
| |
0
| |
RTS category inferred
|
113
|
(49)
|
8
|
(11)
|
64
|
(84)
|
Repeated**
|
158
|
(68)
|
71
|
(95)
|
(11)
|
(15)
|
Respiratory rate
| | | | | | |
Exact values
|
23
|
(10)
|
5
|
(7)
|
0
| |
RTS category documented
|
124
|
(54)
|
60
|
(80)
|
0
| |
RTS category inferred
|
59
|
(26)
|
4
|
(5)
|
38
|
(50)
|
Repeated
|
109
|
(47)
|
60
|
(80)
|
1
| |
Systolic blood pressure
| | | | | | |
Exact values
|
122
|
(53)
|
63
|
(84)
|
5
|
(7)
|
RTS category documented
|
10
|
(4)
|
4
|
(5)
|
0
| |
RTS category inferred
|
47
|
(20)
|
4
|
(5)
|
32
|
(42)
|
Repeated
|
103
|
(45)
|
68
|
(91)
|
3
|
(4)
|
- Repeated: Documentation of repeated assessment of the variable at least every 20th minute. EMCC: Emergency Medical Communication Centre. *Hospital arrival records were evaluated when ground and air ambulance records were missing. **Includes free text descriptions of change (or no change) in conscious level.