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Table 3 Prehospital time

From: Intubation during a medevac flight: safety and effect on total prehospital time in the helicopter emergency medical service system

 

Flight Group

Ground Group

p-value

 

(n = 192)

(n = 184)

 

Takeoff to RP arrival, median (IQR), min

13 (10–16)

13 (9–17)

0.43

Prehospital activity time, median (IQR), min

7 (5–9)

14 (11–17)

< 0.001

Total prehospital time, median (IQR), min

33.5 (28–40)

40 (33–47)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: RP Rendezvous point, IQR Interquartile range