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Table 2 Dispatched pre-hospital units

From: Paediatric medical emergency calls to a Danish Emergency Medical Dispatch Centre: a retrospective, observational study

Dispatched pre-hospital units

All

< 1 yr.

1–5 yrs.

6–15 yrs.

n

% (95%CI)

n

% (95%CI)

n

% (95%CI)

n

% (95%CI)

Ambulance with MECU, level A

263

56.4 (51.8–61.0)

44

78.6 (65.6–88.4)

152

73.1 (66.5–79.0)

67

33.2 (26.7–40.1)

Ambulance, level A

64

13.7 (10.7–17.2)

3

5.4 (1.1–14.9)

14

6.7 (3.7–11.0)

47

23.3 (17.6–29.7)

Ambulance, level B

64

13.7 (10.7–17.2)

4

7.1 (2.0–17.3)

13

6.3 (3.4–10.5)

47

23.3 (17.6–29.7)

No ambulance, level E

59

12.7 (9.8–16.0)

5

8.9 (3.0–19.6)

23

11.1 (7.1–16.1)

31

15.3 (10.7–21.1)

Ambulance with PM, level A

15

3.2 (1.8–5.3)

.

.

5

2.4 (0.8–5.5)

10

5.0 (2.4–8.9)

Ambulance, level C

1

0.2 (0.0–1.2)

.

.

1

0.5 (0.0–2.7)

.

.

Total

466

100

56

100

208

100

202

100

  1. All calls (n = 466) distributed according to dispatched pre-hospital units and age group. Emergency priority level is also shown. Percentages rounded to one decimal. MECU Mobile Emergency Care Unit, PM Paramedic