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Table 2 Case identification rates, transport rates to Paediatric Trauma Centres (PTCs), time intervals, treating teams and transport modes between Period A and Period B

From: Physician staffed helicopter emergency medical service case identification - a before and after study in children

 

Period A (n = 71)

Period B (n = 126)

P value

Identified for physician team response (n, %)

44 (62.0)

39 (31.0)

<0.001

Proportion of fatal cases identified for physician team response (proportion, %)

16/16 (100)

14/30 (46.7)

<0.001

Direct transport to PTC (n, %)

47 (66.2)

67 (53.2)

0.076

Definitive care at PTC (n, %)

61 (85.9)

100 (79.4)

0.253

Median (IQR) time from injury to final hospital arrival, minutes

67 (50–97)

82 (51–250)

0.034

Median (IQR) time from injury to PTC arrival for all patients, minutes

• Paramedic patients

• Physician patients

69 (52–104)

78 (60–291)

61 (50–80)

97 (56–305)

156 (69–341)

67 (54–91)

0.003

0.770

1.000

Treating team (n, %)

  

<0.001

 Road paramedic

CareFlight P-HEMS

 GSA HEMS

31 (43.7)

36 (50.7)

4 (5.6)

91 (72.2)

27 (21.4)

8 (6.3)

Mode of transport to first hospital (n, %)

   

 Road ambulance

 Helicopter

44 (62.0)

27 (38.0)

103 (81.7)

23 (18.3)

0.002

  1. IQR interquartile range, P-HEMS Physician Staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Service, GSA-HEMS Greater Sydney Area Helicopter Emergency Medical Service