Critical Illness | Non-Critical Illness | P Value | |
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Number of patients (%) | 356 (12.1) | 2579 (87.9) | |
Number of patients with imputed data (%) | 52 (14.6) | 414 (16.1) | |
Age, years, median (IQR) | 67 (56–77) | 61 (47–74) | < 0.01 |
Male sex, n (%) | 200 (56) | 1349 (52) | 0.08 |
Initial pre-hospital vital signs, median (IQR) | |||
Oxygen Saturation, % | 95 (88–98) | 97 (95–98) | < 0.01 |
Respiratory rate breaths/minute | 20 (14–27) | 16 (14–20) | < 0.01 |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 140 (113–168) | 140 (121–160) | 0.29 |
Heart rate, beats/minute | 93 (74–111) | 86 (73–102) | < 0.01 |
Glasgow Coma Scale score | 15 (10–15) | 15 (15–15) | < 0.01 |
Diagnostic category by ambulance personnel, n (%) | |||
Neurological | 128 (36) | 740 (29) | |
Internal | 111 (31) | 881 (34) | |
Pulmonology | 55 (15) | 267 (10) | |
Cardiovascular | 25 (7) | 345 (13) | |
Surgical | 11 (3) | 96 (4) | |
Urological | 6 (2) | 50 (2) | |
Psychiatric/toxicologic | 3 (< 1) | 73 (3) | |
Medical (NOS) | 17 (5) | 127 (5) | |
Pre-hospital interventions, n (%) | |||
Airway - noninvasive | 157 (44) | 446 (17) | < 0.01 |
Airway - endotracheal intubation | 5 (1) | 0 (0) | < 0.01 |
Physician staffed team | 22 (6) | 0 (0) | < 0.01 |
General practitioner at scene, n (%) | 61 (18) | 404 (16) | 0.26 |
Nursing Home before encounter, n (%) | 51 (15) | 264 (10) | 0.01 |