Table 1 Reasons for emergency call
Overall sample | Direct ambulance to Emergency Department transfers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Final AMPDS Description | N | % | N | % |
Psychiatric, non-suicidal without 1st party verification (alert & awake) | 4315 | 48 | 3338 | 45 |
Psychiatric, minor haemorrhage | 2615 | 29 | 2307 | 31 |
Psychiatric, serious haemorrhage | 1117 | 12 | 955 | 13 |
Intentional poisoning | 697 | 8 | 639 | 9 |
Psychiatric, threatening suicide | 129 | 1 | 120 | 2 |
Hanging | 43 | < 1 | 15 | < 1 |
Psychiatric, jumper (threatening) | 79 | < 1 | 59 | < 1 |
Falls, long fall (= > 6 ft./2 m) – Jumper | < 15 | < 1 | < 15 | < 1 |
Falls, unconscious or not alert - Jumper | < 15 | < 1 | 0 | 0 |
Psychiatric, not alert | < 15 | < 1 | < 15 | < 1 |
TOTAL | 9014 | 100 | 7450 | 100 |