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Table 2 Intervention rates prehospital and in the ED by treating team model

From: Prehospital response model and time to CT scan in blunt trauma patients; an exploratory analysis of data from the head injury retrieval trial

 

Road paramedics (n = 505)

HIRT HEMS (n = 336)

GSA HEMS (n = 48)

p-value

Peripheral cannulation

    

Prehospital

    

- 0

122 (24%)

16 (5%)

1 (2%)

<0.001,*§

- 1

375 (74%)

222 (66%)

34 (71%)

 

- 2 or more

8 (2%)

98 (29%)

13 (27%)

 

Emergency department

    

- 0

99 (20%)

88 (27%)

10 (21%)

0.11

- 1

255 (51%)

161 (49%)

28 (60%)

 

- 2 or more

144 (29%)

81 (25%)

9 (19%)

 

Intubation

    

Prehospital

27 (5%)

156 (46%)

20 (42%)

<0.001,*§

Emergency department

164 (33%)

37 (11%)

3 (6%)

<0.001,*§

Thoracic decompression

    

Prehospital

2 (0.4%)

4 (1.2%)

6 (12.5%)

<0.001,§ ¥

Emergency department

54 (11%)

39 (12%)

8 (17%)

0.45

Administration of intravenous fluids (mls)

    

Prehospital

0 (0–200)

500 (100–1000)

725 (200–1375)

<0.001,*§ ¥

Emergency department

1000 (500–2000)

1000 (500–1800)

1000 (500–1500)

0.32

Administration of prehospital packed red blood cells

    

Any amount

0

20 (6%)

4 (8%)

<0.001,*§

Application of femur traction splint

    

Prehospital

1 (0.2%)

4 (1.2%)

1 (2%)

0.06

Emergency department

15 (3%)

14 (4%)

3 (6%)

0.29

Application of prehospital pelvic compression device

1 (0.2%)

11 (3%)

6 (13%)

<0.001,*§ ¥

  1. Statistics reported as N (%), mean (SD) or median (IQR) as appropriate.
  2. *indicates difference between Road Paramedics and HIRT HEMS at <0.05 level.
  3. §indicates difference between Road paramedics and GSA HEMS at <0.05 level.
  4. ¥indicates difference between HIRT HEMS and GSA HEMS at <0.05 level.