Table 1 Quality indicator performance for patients surviving and not surviving 30 days after the P-EMS response
From: Mortality and quality of care in Nordic physician-staffed emergency medical services
Quality indicator | Unit | Alive after 30 days (n = 2293) mean (95% CI) | Dead after 30 days (n = 521) mean (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ability to respond immediately when alarmed | % | 95 (94–96) | 95 (95%CI: 93–97) | 0.226 |
Time to arrival of P-EMS | minutes | 33 (31–34) | 30 (28–32) | 0.106 |
On scene time | minutes | 19 (18–20) | 29 (27–30) | 0.000 |
Time to preferred destination | minutes | 83 (76–89) | 79 (68–89) | 0.542 |
Survival to hospital | % | 100 (100–100) | 54 (50–58) | 0.000 |
Debriefed responses | % | 71 (69–73) | 73 (70–77) | 0.293 |
Adverse events | % | 2 (1–2) | 3 (1–4) | 0.054 |
Complete documentation | % | 64 (62–66) | 74 (70–78) | 0.000 |
Guidelines for actual medical problem | % | 58 (55–60) | 78 (74–82) | 0.000 |
P-EMS involvement in dispatch | % | 44 (42–46) | 37 (33–41) | 0.000 |
P-EMS necessary to provide appropriate care | % | 35 (33–37) | 55 (51–60) | 0.000 |
Provision of advanced treatment | % | 42 (40–44) | 76 (73–80) | 0.000 |
Significant logistical contribution | % | 44 (42–46) | 27 (23–31) | 0.000 |
Patient enrolment in research projects | % | 7 (6–9) | 11 (8–14) | 0.013 |
Care for relatives | % | 93 (92–95) | 95 (92–97) | 0.413 |