Period A (n = 71) | Period B (n = 126) | P value | |
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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 |