Table 1 Patients and missions characteristics according to age categories, for out-of-hospital missions performed in one Swiss region during the years 2005–2013
Percentiles of age (n) | 18–37 | 38–49 | 50–58 | 59–64 | 65–70 | 71–75 | 76–79 | 80–83 | 84-88 | ≥ 89 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total n (%) | 2243 (10.2) | 2205 (10.1) | 2401 (10.9) | 2069 (9.4) | 2256 (10.3) | 2203 (10.1) | 2043 (9.3) | 2177 (9.9) | 2495 (11.4) | 1830 (8.4) | 21922 (100) |
Gender n (%) | |||||||||||
Men | 1405 (62.6) | 1402 (63.6) | 1562 (65.1) | 1402 (67.7) | 1406 (62.3) | 1348 (61.2) | 1154 (56.5) | 1087 (49.9) | 1148 (46.0) | 668 (36.5) | 12582 (57.4) |
NACA Scorea n (%) | |||||||||||
NACA 4 | 1362 (60.7) | 1363 (61.8) | 1436 (59.8) | 1188 (57.4) | 1326 (58.8) | 1244 (56.5) | 1222 (59.8) | 1264 (58.0) | 1497 (60.0) | 1089 (59.5) | 12991 (59.3) |
NACA 5 | 671 (29.9) | 554 (25.1) | 612 (25.5) | 572 (27.6) | 582 (25.8) | 644 (29.2) | 536 (26.2) | 646 (29.7) | 726 (29.1) | 581 (31.7) | 6124 (27.9) |
NACA 6 | 127 (5.7) | 163 (7.4) | 154 (6.4) | 125 (6.0) | 154 (6.8) | 121 (5.5) | 117 (5.7) | 111 (5.1) | 103 (4.1) | 54 (2.9) | 1229 (5.6) |
NACA 7 | 83 (3.7) | 125 (5.7) | 199 (8.3) | 184 (8.9) | 194 (8.6) | 194 (8.8) | 168 (8.2) | 156 (7.2) | 169 (6.8) | 106 (5.8) | 1578 (7.2) |
Diagnosis n (%) | |||||||||||
Cardiovascular | 305 (13.6) | 863 (39.1) | 1 196 (49.8) | 1 096 (52.9) | 1 253 (55.5) | 1 214 (55.1) | 1 178 (57.6) | 1 251 (57.5) | 1 465 (58.7) | 1 063 (58.1) | 10 884 (49.6) |
Neurologic | 268 (11.9) | 265 (12.0) | 337 (14.0) | 264 (12.7) | 311 (13.8) | 288 (13.1) | 265 (12.9) | 299 (13.7) | 378 (15.2) | 278 (15.2) | 2 953 (13.5) |
Pulmonary | 133 (5.9) | 119 (5.4) | 177 (7.4) | 263 (12.7) | 297 (13.1) | 346 (15.7) | 326 (15.9) | 336 (15.4) | 347 (13.9) | 256 (13.9) | 2 600 (11.8) |
Trauma | 725 (32.3) | 372 (16.9) | 256 (10.7) | 157 (7.6) | 97 (4.3) | 92 (4.2) | 62 (3.0) | 71 (3.3) | 76 (3.0) | 64 (3.5) | 1 972 (9.0) |
Intoxication | 483 (21.5) | 322 (14.6) | 137 (5.7) | 44 (2.1) | 37 (1.6) | 30 (1.3) | 19 (0.9) | 17 (0.8) | 23 (0.9) | 21 (1.1) | 1 133 (5.2) |
Psychiatric | 33 (1.5) | 12 (0.5) | 12 (0.5) | 8 (0.4) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 4 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 84 (0.4) |
Obstetric | 60 (2.7) | 17 (0.8) | 3 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 80 (0.4) |
Miscellaneous | 236 (10.5) | 235 (10.7) | 283 (11.8) | 237 (11.5) | 258 (11.4) | 232 (10.5) | 189 (9.2) | 198 (9.1) | 202 (8.1) | 146 (7.9) | 16 (10.1) |
Place of intervention n (%) | |||||||||||
Home | 814 (36.3) | 1099 (49.8) | 1402 (58.4) | 1304 (63.0) | 1565 (69.4) | 1572 (71.4) | 1472 (72.1) | 1538 (70.6) | 1736 (69.6) | 1207 (65.9) | 13709 (62.5) |
Nursing Home | 10 (0.5) | 22 (1.0) | 39 (1.6) | 42 (2.0) | 79 (3.5) | 104 (4.7) | 116 (5.7) | 192 (8.8) | 307 (12.3) | 372 (20.3) | 1283 (5.8) |
Public Place | 1075 (47.9) | 737 (33.4) | 599 (24.9) | 386 (18.7) | 298 (13.2) | 237 (10.7) | 179 (8.8) | 167 (7.7) | 151 (6.1) | 90 (4.9) | 3919 (17.9) |
Physician office | 51 (2.3) | 112 (5.1) | 155 (6.4) | 122 (5.9) | 114 (5.0) | 92 (4.2) | 86 (4.2) | 58 (2.7) | 67 (2.7) | 32 (1.7) | 889 (4.0) |
Other | 293 (13.1) | 235 (10.7) | 206 (8.6) | 215 (10.4) | 200 (8.9) | 198 (8.9) | 190 (9.3) | 222 (10.2) | 234 (9.4) | 129 (7.1) | 2122 (9.7) |
Destination n (%) | |||||||||||
Lausanne University Hospital, EDb wards | 500 (22.3) | 427 (19.4) | 444 (18.5) | 371 (17.9) | 375 (16.6) | 394 (17.9) | 397 (19.4) | 403 (18.5) | 500 (20.0) | 496 (27.1) | 4 307 (19.6) |
Lausanne University Hospital, Shock room | 692 (30.8) | 685 (31.1) | 739 (30.8) | 635 (30.7) | 659 (29.2) | 632 (28.7) | 522 (25.6) | 510 (23.4) | 595 (23.8) | 317 (17.3) | 5 986 (27.3) |
Other regional hospital in the region | 885 (39.5) | 897 (40.7) | 940 (39.2) | 809 (39.1) | 948 (42.0) | 922 (41.8) | 909 (44.5) | 1 059 (48.6) | 1 198 (48.0) | 868 (47.4) | 9 435 (43.0) |
Transferred in another region | 42 (1.9) | 45 (2.0) | 49 (2.0) | 45 (2.2) | 43 (1.9) | 35 (1.6) | 31 (1.5) | 21 (0.9) | 16 (0.6) | 13 (0.7) | 340 (1.5) |
Transferred to the helicopter team | 28 (1.3) | 12 (0.5) | 9 (0.4) | 6 (0.3) | 7 (0.3) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.0) | 2 (0.09) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) | 70 (0.3) |
Death on site | 79 (3.5) | 119 (5.4) | 196 (8.1) | 181 (8.8) | 192 (8.5) | 192 (8.7) | 168 (8.2) | 156 (7.2) | 163 (6.5) | 105 (5.7) | 1 551 (7.1) |
Not transported, alive | 8 (0.4) | 17 (0.8) | 16 (0.7) | 12 (0.6) | 19 (0.8) | 14 (0.6) | 8 (0.4) | 20 (0.9) | 11 (0.4) | 20 (1.1) | 145 (0.6) |
Time of intervention n (%) | |||||||||||
Day: 8:00-17:59 | 783 (34.9) | 891 (40.4) | 1 048 (43.6) | 903 (43.6) | 974 (43.2) | 1 001 (45.4) | 942 (46.1) | 1 038 (47.7) | 1 185 (47.5) | 908 (49.62) | 9 673 (44.1) |
Evening: 18:00-23:59 | 888 (39.6) | 903 (40.9) | 877 (36.5) | 752 (36.3) | 797 (35.3) | 714 (32.4) | 648 (31.7) | 650 (29.9) | 759 (30.4) | 589 (32.19) | 7 577 (34.6) |
Night: 00:00-07:59 | 572 (25.5) | 411 (18.6) | 476 (19.8) | 414 (20.0) | 485 (21.5) | 488 (22.2) | 453 (22.2) | 489 (22.5) | 551 (22.1) | 333 (18.2) | 4 672 (21.3) |