Period 1: EMS | Period 2: HEMS | |||||
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n = 181 | n = 85 | p-value | ||||
Age, years | (Median, Q1-Q3) | 54 | 33–69 | 53 | 23–74 | 0.479 |
Gender, male | (n, %) | 127 | 70 | 58 | 68 | 0.820 |
Mechanism of injury | (n, %) | 0.288 | ||||
Fall from ground level | 79 | 43 | 32 | 38 | ||
Traffic accident | 41 | 23 | 29 | 34 | ||
Fall from a height (> 2 m) | 25 | 14 | 9 | 11 | ||
Violence | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | ||
Other | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
Unknown | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | ||
Primary GCS | (Median, Q1-Q3) | 5 | 3–7 | 5 | 3–7 | 0.956 |
Primary vital parameters | (n/total, %) | |||||
Hypoxia | 32/170 | 19 | 18/84 | 21 | 0.369 | |
Hypotension | 7/174 | 4 | 4/84 | 5 | 0.514 | |
Airway secured | (n, %) | 29 | 16 | 81 | 95 | < 0.001 |
Prehospital decision not to treat | – | – | 2 | 2 | ||
Vital parameters on arrival at the ED | (n/total, %) | |||||
Hypoxia | 18/173 | 10 | 2/84 | 2 | 0.024 | |
Hypotension | 7/179 | 4 | 4/85 | 5 | 0.750 | |
Mission related times, minutes | (Median, Range) | |||||
From dispatch to arrival on-scene | ||||||
1st EMS Unit on-scene | 8 | 0–37 | 12 | 4–41 | 0.006 | |
HEMS | – | – | 23 | 6–85 | ||
Total mission time | 54 | 18–180 | 82 | 30–201 | < 0.001 |