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Table 3 Time requirement results by study participant characteristics and comparison to mSTaRT

From: Evaluation of a novel algorithm for primary mass casualty triage by paramedics in a physician manned EMS system: a dummy based trial

  

Professional education (staffing)

Employment status

Previous mSTaRT training

 
 

Whole collective

Mobile intensive care units

Patient transport ambulance

Disaster response teams

Career teams

Volunteer teams

Yes

No

MSTaRT [[14]]

(n = 780)

(n = 420)

(n = 40)

(n = 100)

(n = 480)

(n = 140)

(n = 220)

(n = 160)

Time requirement in seconds

Average

35.4

35.0

30.6*

39.1*

34.6†

38.4†

33.6

36.5

41.0

34.2 - 36.4

33.3 - 36.6

25.9 - 35.3

35.4 - 43.0

33.1 - 36.1

35.5 - 41.4

31.7 - 35.8

33.6 - 39.5

 

Median

35.0

34.0

28.5

39.0

34.0

39.5

33.0

36.0

35.0

34.0 - 37.0

32.0 - 36.0

25.5 - 40.0

35.0 - 43.0

32.0 - 37.0

36.0 - 43.0

31.0 - 35.0

32.0 - 39.0

 

Range

3 - 104

3 - 104

5 - 55

5 - 88

3 - 104

5 - 88

4 - 76

4 - 88

10 - 121

25th percentile

24.0

24.3

19.8

26.0

24.0

26.0

25.0

23.3

25.0

(21.3 – 25.2)

(21.0 – 26.0)

(9.0 – 27.0)

(18.0 – 30.0)

(21.0 – 26.0)

(19.0 – 30.0)

(21.0 – 27.0)

(17.0 – 27.0)

 

75th percentile

46.0

46.0

45.0

50.0

46.0

49.8

44.0

49.0

49.0

(45.0 – 48.0)

(43.0 – 48.0)

(35.0 – 47.0)

(45.0 – 56.0)

(32.0 – 37.0)

(45.8 – 54.0)

(41.0 – 47.0)

(45.0 – 53.8)

 

90th percentile

57.9

58.0

49.9

65.8

56.0

58.9

53.0

62.0

65.0

(55.0 – 61.0)

(53.0 – 62.0)

(45.0 – 54.5)

(56.0 – 75.2)

(53.0 – 60.8)

(55.7 – 67.5)

(50.0 – 59.0)

(56.0 – 69.0)

 

95th percentile

66.0

67.0

53.0

76.0

65.0

70.0

60.0

70.0

98.0

(63.0 – 69.9)

(62.0 – 70.0)

(47.0 – 55.0)

(64.7 – 86.0)

(61.0 – 69.0)

(60.4 – 77.6)

(55.0 – 67.0)

(64.5 – 77.0)

 
  1. Values in parenthesis represent the 95% confidence interval. *, †: P < 0.05 (ANOVA).