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Table 3 Patient descriptors

From: A consensus-based template for documenting and reporting in physician-staffed pre-hospital services

Data variable

No.

Data variable name

Type of data

Data variable categories or values

Type

Definition of data variable

Comments

14

Age

Continuous

Number

 

The patient's age at the time of event

Utstein Trauma Registry

15

Gender

Nominal

1 = Female

Bullet list

The patient's gender

Utstein Trauma Registry

   

2 = Male

   
   

3 = Unknown

   

16

Co-morbidity

Ordinal

1 = No (ASA-PS = 1)

Bullet list

ASA-PS definition

American Society of Anaesthesiologists

   

2 = Yes (ASA-PS = 2-6)

 

1 = A normal healthy patient

 
   

3 = Unknown

 

2 = A patient with mild systemic disease

 
     

3 = A patient with severe systemic disease

 
     

4 = A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life

 
     

5 = A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without operation

 
     

6 = A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes

 

17

Medical problem (main reason for response)

Nominal

1 = Cardiac arrest

Bullet list

Select the condition most likely to be the patient's true medical problem

Proposed by project group. Defined according to EED-project and ScanDoc phase 1b. The first 9 categories should include >95% of all medical conditions present in daily work

   

2 = Trauma

   
   

3 = Breathing difficulties

   
   

4 = Chest pain

   
   

5 = Stroke

   
   

6 = Acute neurology excluding stroke

   
   

7 = Psychiatry including intoxication

   
   

8 = Obstetrics and childbirth

   
   

9 = Infection

   
   

10 = Other

   

18

Dominating type of injury

Nominal

1 = Blunt

Bullet list

Indication of the type of injury produced if trauma

Utstein Trauma Registry

   

2 = Penetrating

   
   

3 = Unknown

   

19 a)

Glasgow Coma Scale-first

Ordinal

Number (3-15)

 

First recorded pre-interventional Glasgow Coma Scale upon arrival of physician-staffed service

 

b)

Glasgow Coma Scale- last

 

Number

 

Glasgow Coma Scale at end of care or patient hand-over

 

20 a)

Heart rate first

Continuous

Number (per minute)

 

First heart rate per minute measured by physician-staffed service

 

b)

Heart rate last

 

Number

 

Heart rate per minute at end-of-care or patient hand-over

 

21 a)

Systolic blood pressure-first

Continuous

Number (mmHg)

 

First recorded systolic blood pressure measured by physician-staffed service (measured with sphygmomanometer, monitor or intra-arterial line).

 

b)

Systolic blood pressure-last

 

Number

 

Systolic blood pressure at end-of-care or patient handover

 

22 a)

Cardiac rhythm-first

Ordinal

1 = Sinus rhythm

Bullet list

First cardiac rhythm interpreted by physician-staffed service (minimum 3-channel lead)

 
   

2 = SVES, VESmono

   
   

3 = Atrial Fib/Flutt, AV-block gr. II/III, VESpoly

   
   

4 = VF, VT, Asystole, PEA

   
   

5 = Not recorded

   

b)

Cardiac rhythm-last

 

1 = Sinus rhythm

 

Cardiac rhythm at end of care or patient hand-over

 
   

2 = SVES, VESmono

   
   

3 = Atrial Fib/Flutt, AV-block gr. II/III, VESpoly

   
   

4 = VF, VT, Asystole, PEA

   
   

5 = Not recorded

   

23 a)

SpO2-first

Continuous

Number (0-100)

 

First recorded oxygen saturation by physician-staffed service (measured with pulse oxymeter or arterial blood gas (SaO2))

 

b)

SpO2-last

 

Number

 

Oxygen saturation at end-of-care or patient hand-over

 

24 a)

Pain-first

Ordinal

1 = None

Bullet list

First level of pain assessed by physician-staffed service

 
   

2 = Moderate

   
   

3 = Severe

   

b)

Pain-last

 

1 = None

 

Level of pain at end of care or patient hand-over

 
   

2 = Moderate

   
   

3 = Severe

   

25 a)

Respiratory rate-first

Continuous

Number (per minute)

 

First respiratory rate per minute measured by physician-staffed service. If mechanically ventilated, document ventilation rate.

 

b)

Respiratory rate-last

 

Number

 

Respiratory rate at end of care or patient hand-over

 
  1. ASA-PS: American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System
  2. SVES: supraventricular extrasystole, VESmono: single ventricular extrasystole, Atrial Fib/Flutt: atrial fibrillation or flutter, AV-Block: atrioventricular block, VESpoly: polymorphic ventricular extrasystoles, VF: ventricular fibrillation, VT: ventricular tachycardia, PEA:pulseless electrical activity