Table 1 Baseline characteristics
Age in years (±SD) | 33.5 (±16.2) | |
Gender | Male (%) | 146 (85%) |
Female (%) | 25 (15%) | |
Time of call (%) | Midnight-05:59 | 41 (24%) |
06:00–11:59 | 23 (14%) | |
12:00–17:59 | 32 (19%) | |
18:00–23:59 | 75 (44%) | |
Highest clinical response (%) | Non-ECT | 72 (42%) |
CCP | 67 (39%) | |
HEMS | 14 (8%) | |
CCP and HEMS | 17 (10%) | |
Median travel time to hospital (Interquartile range)mm:ss | TU | 00:18:00 (06:45–28:00) |
MTC | 00:31:30 (26:00–38:30) | |
Site of injury (%) (this includes incidents with more than one body area involved – “multiple” describes incidents where there is more than one stab wound, but the clinician has not recorded the sites separately) | Chest | 51 (27%) |
Abdomen | 49 (26%) | |
Upper Leg | 38 (20%) | |
Back | 20 (11%) | |
Neck | 12 (6%) | |
Upper Arm | 10 (5%) | |
Buttock | 5 (3%) | |
“Multiple” | 5 (3%) | |
Head | 1 (< 1%) | |