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Table 4 Symptoms with specificity < 50% (RS-1 NACA ≥4)

From: Emergency physician’s dispatch by a paramedic-staffed emergency medical communication centre: sensitivity, specificity and search for a reference standard

Symptoms

Specificity [95% CI]

Sensitivity [95% CI]

Cardiac arrest or death*

19.6%

[16–23.5%]

98.9%

[97.7–99.6%]

Seizure / febrile condition in children under 6 years

20.5%

[16.6–24.9%]

93.5%

[82.1–98.6%]

Polytrauma (or suspicion)

25%

[7.3–52.4%]

88.9%

[70.8–97.6%]

Newborn and infant evaluation

36.9%

[25.3–49.8%]

77.3%

[54.6–92.2%]

Choking*

45.2%

[35.4–55.3%]

82.6%

[68.6–92.2%]

Respiratory difficulty in children under 6 years

45.2%

[40.5–50%]

87.8%

[79.6–93.5%]

  1. *Specific dispatch protocol for symptom assessment