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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Airway management by physician-staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services – a prospective, multicentre, observational study of 2,327 patients

Patient category

Blunt Traumaa

 

Penetrating trauma

 

Non-traumab

 

All categoriesc

 

Patients

953

 

82

 

1269

 

2327

 

 In Cardiac Arrest

145

15 %

34

41 %

790

62 %

980

42 %

Age

        

 0–5 years

22

2 %

0

0 %

43

3 %

66

3 %

 6–14 years

40

4 %

3

4 %

25

2 %

68

3 %

 15–29 years

239

26 %

35

43 %

66

5 %

344

15 %

 30–49 years

306

33 %

28

34 %

206

17 %

544

24 %

 50–69 years

224

24 %

11

13 %

533

43 %

776

34 %

 +70 years

101

11 %

5

6 %

361

29 %

473

21 %

 Median (range)

40 (0–95)

 

30 (9.5–79)

 

62 (0–95)

 

53 (0–95)

 

 Missing data

21

 

0

 

35

 

56

 

Sex

        

 Male

702

74 %

72

88 %

879

70 %

1671

72 %

 Female

248

26 %

10

12 %

376

30 %

638

28 %

 Missing data

3

 

0

 

14

 

18

 

Comorbidity (ASA-PS)

        

 ASA 1

555

66 %

54

73 %

233

20 %

842

41 %

 ASA 2

209

25 %

16

22 %

410

35 %

635

31 %

 ASA 3

68

8 %

3

4 %

415

36 %

486

23 %

 ASA 4–6

6

1 %

1

1 %

99

9 %

107

5 %

 Missing data

115

 

8

 

112

 

238

 
  1. aBlunt trauma, including burns and strangulation
  2. bNon-trauma, including drowning and asphyxia
  3. cIncluding 23 patients with unknown trauma category
  4. ASA-PS American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status