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Table 2 Data on dispatch time and patient transport

From: Impact of icing weather conditions on the patients in helicopter emergency medical service: a prospective study from Northern Finland

Characteristic

All patients (n = 57)

Definitive treatment not delayed (n = 36)

Definitive treatment delayed (n = 21)

p value

Dispatch time, n (%)

   

0.14a

 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

38 (67)

27 (75)

11 (52)

 

 8 p.m. – 8 a.m.

19 (33)

9 (25)

10 (48)

 

Type of transport, n (%)

   

0.005b

 Ambulance

23 (40)

20 (56)

3 (14)

 

 Ambulance and RRC

27 (47)

13 (36)

14 (67)

 

 Ambulance and helicopter

7 (12)

3 (8)

4 (19)

 

Code of transport, n (%)

   

0.10b

 Stroke

14 (25)

13 (36)

1 (5)

 

 Motor vehicle accident

  Traffic

4 (7)

2 (6)

2 (10)

 

  Off-road

6 (11)

3 (8)

3 (14)

 

 Mechanical injury

5 (9)

2 (6)

3 (14)

 

 Chest pain

7 (12)

4 (11)

3 (14)

 

 Unconsciousness

4 (7)

1 (3)

3 (14)

 

 Cardiac arrest

3 (5)

1 (3)

2 (10)

 

 Other medical symptoms

9 (16)

6 (17)

3 (14)

 

 Transfer to tertiary care

5 (9)

4 (11)

1 (5)

 

Priority of transport, n (%)

   

< 0.001b

 A (highest)

28 (49)

10 (28)

18 (86)

 

 B

25 (44)

22 (61)

3 (14)

 

 C

4 (7)

4 (11)

0

 

 D (lowest)

0

   
  1. RRC rapid response car
  2. a Chi-square test, b Fisher exact test