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Table 1 General characteristics

From: Prehospital on-scene anaesthetist treating severe traumatic brain injury patients is associated with lower mortality and better neurological outcome

 

Median / %

Q1-Q3

Age (y)

50

30–64

Male

74%

 

Mechanism of injury

 Fall

38%

 

 Traffic accident

24%

 

 Fall from a height (>  2 m)

12%

 

 Violence

9%

 

 Other

7%

 

 Unknown

9%

 

1st EMS Unit on scene (minutes)

8

5–12

Total mission time (minutes)

69

53–92

GCS on-scene (range)

5 (3–15)

 

Hypoxia

 On-scene

16%

 

 ER

4%

 

Hypotension

 On-scene

3%

 

 ER

4%

 

Physician

72%

 

Airway secured

74%

 
  1. GCS Glasgow Coma Score, ER Emergency Room
  2. Hypoxia SpO2 of ≤90%, Hypotension systolic blood pressure (SBP) of ≤90