Variable | Day n= 9,963 (88.7%) | Night n= 1,265 (11.3%) |
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Age, mean years ± SD | 46.8 ±19.2 | 40.5 ±19.2 |
Neonate <1 day, n (%) | 22 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) |
<18 years, n (%) | 498 (5) | 103 (8.1) |
80+ years, n (%) | 297 (3.0) | 23 (1.8) |
Unknown/Missing | 57 (0.6) | 12 (0.9) |
Accident Occurrence, n (%) | ||
Hiking | 3,568 (35.8) | 411 (32.5) |
Climbing / mountaineering | 1,522 (15.3) | 245 (19.4) |
Paragliding | 402 (4.0) | 27 (2.1) |
Winter sports (skiing, freeriding, etc.) | 975 (9.8) | 123 (9.7) |
Road accident | 1,388 (13.9) | 56 (4.4) |
Other | 1,393 (14.0) | 306 (24.2) |
Unknown / missing | 715 (7.2) | 97 (7.7) |
NACA Score + , n (%) | ||
0 = No injury or disease | 2,259 (22.7) | 610 (48.2) |
1 = Injuries/diseases without any need for acute physician care | 395 (4.0) | 80 (6.3) |
2 = Injuries/diseases requiring examination and therapy by a physician but hospital admission is not indicated | 820 (8.2) | 51 (4.0) |
3 = Injuries/diseases without acute threat to life but requiring hospital admission | 3,731 (37.5) | 219 (17.3) |
4 = Injuries/diseases that can possibly lead to deterioration of vital signs | 1,466 (14.7) | 149 (11.8) |
5 = Injuries/diseases with acute threat to life | 380 (3.8) | 46 (3.2) |
6 = Injuries/diseases requiring resuscitation | 53 (0.5) | 4 (0.3) |
7 = Lethal injuries or diseases (with or without resuscitation attempts) | 859 (8.6) | 106 (8.4) |
Diagnosis, n (%) | ||
Trauma | 6,430 (64.5) | 528 (41.7) |
Medical | 1,119 (11.2) | 104 (8.2) |
Uninjured | 2,414 (24.2) | 633 (50.0) |
Procedures Performed, n (%) | ||
Analgesia | 3,121 (31.3) | 202 (16.0) |
Peripheral vascular access | 3,857 (38.7) | 268 (21.2) |
Endotracheal intubation | 196 (2.0) | 13 (1.0) |
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 176 (1.8) | 11 (0.9) |
Mucosal atomisation device | 73 (0.7) | 11 (0.9) |
Immobilisation vacuum mattress | 1,994 (20.0) | 185 (14.6) |
Needle thoracostomy | 19 (0.2) | 1 (0.1) |
Surgical thoracostomy | 8 (0.1) | 1 (0.1) |
Mission Times, median minutes (IQR) | ||
Emergency call to take-off at base | 9 (7 to 15) | 22 (11 to 36) |
Take-off at base to hospital | 52 (40 to 67) | 69 (50 to 94) |
Emergency call to hospital | 67 (54 to 83) | 83 (73 to 129) |
Reached the hospital ≤60 min | ||
Overall | 2,668 (26.8) | 71 (5.6) |
NACA 1 - 3 (Day: n = 4946; Night: n = 350) | 2,206 (44.6) | 43 (12.3) |
NACA 4 - 6 (Day: n = 1899; Night: n = 199) | 400 (21.1) | 18 (9.1) |