Table 1 Patients baseline characteristics and injury details

Age

54 (32–64)

49 (24–64)

59 (47–66)

< 0.001

Male gender

307 (71)

188 (67)

119 (80)

0.004

Location of the incident

Home

107 (25)

61 (22)

46 (31)

< 0.001

Public place inside

55 (13)

37 (13)

18 (12)

Public place outside

205 (48)

157 (56)

48 (32)

Other / Unknown

64 (14)

27 (9)

37 (25)

Time of incident

Weekday

279 (65)

181 (64)

98 (66)

0.743

Weekend

152 (35)

101 (36)

51 (34)

8-17 (office hours)

206 (48)

126 (45)

80 (54)

17-8 (outside office hours)

225 (52)

156 (55)

69 (46)

Injury energy*

High

130 (30)

127 (45)

3 (2)

< 0.001

Low

301 (70)

155 (55)

146 (98)

Penetrating injury

6 (1)

6 (2)

0 (0)

0.073

Physician consulted

86 (20)

59 (21)

27 (18)

< 0.001

Physician present

208 (48)

184 (65)

24 (16)

< 0.001

EMS risk category

A-B

304 (71)

230 (82)

74 (50)

< 0.001

C-D

74 (17)

32 (11)

42 (28)

Missing

53 (12)

20 (7)

33 (22)

Time intervals (hh:min)

Injury to EMS arrival

0:10 (0:07–0:16)

0:10 (0:07–0:17)

0:10 (0:07–0:16)

0.750

Injury to first hospital

1:05 (0:49–1:27)

1:07 (0:52–1:28)

1:03 (0:43–1:24)

0.177

Time spent at other hospital

3:03 (1:51–4:50)

Injury to trauma center

1:23 (0:58–2:51)

1:07 (0:52–1:28)

4:05 (2:53–5:43)

< 0.001