Variables | 2006 n = 310 (%) | 2008 n = 383 (%) | p-value* sign |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | 0.938 |
 Male | 225 (72.6) | 279 (72.8) |  |
 Female | 85 (27.4) | 104 (27.2) |  |
Age | 50 (30–66) | 45 (28–69) | 0.514 |
Injury Severity Score (ISS) | 20 (17–26) | 24 (18–30) | <0.001* |
Hospital length of stay (LOS) | 6.9 (1.5–16.4) | 7.7 (2.8–17.7) | 0.137 |
Total prehospital time | 40 (29–51) | 42 (32–53) | 0.085 |
Prehospital on-scene time | 16 (11–25) | 17 (12–24) | 0.996 |
Predominant type of injury | Â | Â | 0.221 |
 Blunt | 290 (93.9) | 350 (91.4) |  |
 Penetrating | 19 (6.1) | 33 (8.6) |  |
 Missing | 1 (0.3) |  |  |
Injury mechanism | Â | Â | 0.754 |
 Traffic | 127 (41.1) | 152 (39.8) |  |
 Low-energy fall | 65 (21.0) | 71 (18.6) |  |
 High-energy fall | 70(22.7) | 95 (24.9) |  |
 Other | 47 (15.2) | 64 (16.8) |  |
 Missing | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) |  |
Type of injury | Â | Â | 0.859 |
 Accident | 257 (84.3) | 316(83.2) |  |
 Self-inflicted | 19 (6.2) | 23 (6.1) |  |
 Assault | 29 (9.5) | 41 (10.8) |  |
 Missing | 5 (1,6) | 3 (0.8) |  |
Prehospital priority | Â | Â | 0.925 |
 Priority 1 | 253 (84.1) | 310 (83.8) |  |
 Priority > 1 | 48 (15.9) | 60 (16.2) |  |
 Missing | 9 (2.9) | 13 (3.4) |  |
Systolic blood pressure RTS category, | Â | Â | 0.954 |
 Systolic blood pressure RTS 4 | 242 (80.1) | 292 (78.1) |  |
 Systolic blood pressure RTS 0–3 | 60 (19.9) | 82 (21.9) |  |
 Missing | 19 (6.1) | 17 (4.4) |  |
Respiratory rate RTS category | Â | Â | 0.241 |
 Respiratory rate RTS 4 | 247 (84.3) | 311 (85.7) |  |
 Respiratory rate RTS 0–3 | 46 (15.7) | 52 (14.3) |  |
 Missing | 17 (5.5) | 20 (5.2) |  |
Glasgow Coma Scale RTS category | Â | Â | 0.514 |
 Glasgow Coma Scale RTS 3–4 | 246 (84.5) | 310 (84.7) |  |
 Glasgow Coma Scale RTS 0–2 | 45 (15.5) | 56 (15.3) |  |
 Missing | 8 (2.5) | 9 (2.3) |  |
Prehospital cardiac arrest (yes) | 8 (2.6) | 15 (3.9) | 0.336 |
 Missing | 5 (1.6) | 4 (1.0) |  |
30-day mortality (dead) | 57 (19.1) | 68 (18.1) | 0.742 |
 Missing | 17 (4.9) | 2 (0.5) |  |