Table 3 Adherence to the RETTS-p
Full triage n = 245 | Non-full triage n = 406 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age - year (25th, 75th percentile) | |||
 Median | 6 (2,12) | 2 (1,7) | < 0.001 |
Gender - n(%) | |||
 Female | 109 (44.5) | 171 (42.1) | 0.568 |
Dispatcher priority - n(%) | 0.862 | ||
 Priority 1 | 170 (69.4) | 279 (68.7) | |
 Priority 2 | 70 (28.6) | 118 (29.1) | |
 Priority 3 | 5 (2.0) | 9 (2.2) | |
EMS nurse assessment - n(%) | |||
 Non-conveyed | 55 (22.4) | 142 (35.0) | 0.001 |
 Renewed contact within 72ha | 5 (9.1) | 11 (7.7) | 0.795 |
EMS nurse triage level according to RETTS-p - n(%) (0, 146)b | 0.607 | ||
 Red | 15 (6.1) | 25 (6.2) | |
 Orange | 56 (22.9) | 57 (14.0) | |
 Yellow | 116 (47.3) | 97 (23.9) | |
 Green | 58 (23.7) | 81 (20.0) | |
Drug administration - n(%) | |||
 EMS nurse administration | 101 (41.2) | 129 (31.8) | 0.015 |
 pED administrationc | 34 (17.9) | 39 (14.8) | 0.372 |
 EMS nurse and pED administrationd | 41 (21.6) | 61 (23.1) | 0.701 |
Management pED - n(%) | |||
 No intervention ⇒ discharged | 53 (27.9) | 91 (34.5) | 0.153 |
 Intervention prescription/min. surgery/x-ray ⇒ discharged | 85 (44.7) | 102 (38.6) | 0.209 |
 Admission to in-patient care | 52 (27.4) | 71 (26.9) | 0.915 |
Days of in-patient care - n | |||
 Mean (SD) | 3.3 (6.1) | 3.4 (4.7) | 0.095 |
 Median (25th,75th percentile) | 2 (1,3) | 2 (1,4) | 0.674 |
ICD-10 Codes - n(%)e (69, 170)b | |||
 (S,T) Injury, poisoning and certain other consequnces of external causes | 41 (23.4) | 85 (35.9) | 0.007 |
 Fractures | 8 (19.5) | 14 (16.5) | |
 Superficial injuries | 2 (4.9) | 16 (18.8) | |
 (R) Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 53 (30.3) | 54 (22.8) | 0.090 |
 Convulsions, not elsewhere classified | 25 (47.2) | 35 (64.8) | |
 Unspecific abdominal pain | 10 (18.9) | 3 (5.5) | |
 (J) Diseases of the respiratory system | 23 (13.1) | 33 (13.9) | 0.885 |
 Acute obstructive laryngitis | 6 (26.1) | 11 (33.3) | |
 Acute upper respiratory infections | 5 (21.7) | 10 (30.3) | |
 (A,B) Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 16 (9.1) | 22 (9.3) | 0.999 |
 Viralinfection of unspecified site | 7 (43.8) | 15 (68.2) | |
 Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified | 4 (25.0) | 6 (27.3) | |
Mortality - n (%) | |||
 < 30 days | 1 (0.4) | 4 (0.9) | 0.655 |