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Table 2 Comparison of prehospital parameters of BH and NBH

From: Trauma care inside and outside business hours: comparison of process quality and outcome indicators in a German level-1 trauma center

 

n (Total)

mean (total) ± SD (total)

n (BH)

mean (BH) ± SD (BH)

n (NBH)

mean (NBH) ± SD (NBH)

p -value

Air-rescue (%)

232

 

65

 

167

 

0.025

(58.8%)

 

(67.7%)

 

(56.0%)

Prehospital intubation (%)

286

 

67

 

219

 

0.450

(72.6%)

 

(69.8%)

 

(73.5%)

Initial GCS

323

10.0 ± 4.7

80

10.0 ± 4.7

243

10.0 ± 4.7

0.964

Heart rate prehospital (1/min)

315

94.1 ± 30.6

79

92.3 ± 35.8

236

94.7 ± 28.7

0.587

RR (sys) prehospital (mmHg)

311

108.9 ± 39.6

77

105.6 ± 42.9

234

110.0 ± 38.5

0.419

RR ≤ 90 mmHg prehospital (%)

98

 

29

 

69

 

0.180

(31.5%)

 

(37.7%)

 

(29.5%)

SpO2 prehospital (%)

290

90.4 ± 15.6

68

88.6 ± 19.9

222

91.0 ± 14.0

0.693

  1. The proportion of patients with prehospital RR ≤ 90 mmHg is calculated from the patients with available blood pressure values. RR: Blood pressure.