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Table 1 Distribution of patients among the acuity groups

From: Does the Norwegian emergency medical dispatch classification as non-urgent predict no need for pre-hospital medical treatment? An observational study

Acuity

All patients (n = 1200)

Pre-hospital interventions (n = 277)

No pre-hospital interventions (n = 923)

p-value

Acute (%)

424 (35.3 %)

174 (62.8 %)

250 (27.1 %)

 

Urgent (%)

406 (33.8 %)

88 (31.8 %)

318 (34.5 %)

 

Low acuity primary (%)

161 (13.4 %)

8 (2.9 %)

153 (16.6 %)

 

Low acuity secondary (%)

209 (17.4 %)

7 (2.5 %)

202 (21.9 %)

<0.01

  1. Description of acuity groups: Acute: Patient in need of immediate medical response due to imminent or potential loss of physological stability. Urgent: Patient in need of medical assessment without delay but with intact vital signs. Low aquity primary: Patient in need of transportation or assessment but supposedly stable. Low aquity secondary: Same as above, but transport requested from other medical presonnel (between institutions or to/from appointments)