2019 | 2020 | P value | |
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Patient characteristics | |||
Patients (%) | 3446 (100%) | 2609 (100%) | |
Women (%) | 1123 (32.59%) | 753 (28.86%) | 0.002 |
Age, years (SD) | 43.63 (23.00) | 43.01 (23.38) | 0.30 |
< 18 years (%) | 459 (13.32%) | 390 (14.95%) | 0.07 |
30-day mortality (%) | 161 (4.67%) | 133 (5.10%) | 0.30 |
Transport | 0.12 | ||
Ground ambulance (%) | 2802 (81.31%) | 2084 (79.88%) | |
Helicopter ambulance (%) | 173 (5.02%) | 164 (6.29%) | |
Private vehicle (%) | 92 (2.67%) | 82 (3.14%) | |
Walk-in (%) | 92 (2.67%) | 69 (2.64%) | |
Pre-hospital | |||
Pre-hospital cardiac arrest (%) | 51 (1.48%) | 49 (1.88%) | 0.15 |
Pre-hospital GCS < 9 (%) | 136 (3.95%) | 144 (5.52%) | 0.004 |
Time to hospital, minutes median (IQR) | 54.00 (41.00–72.00) | 55.00 (40.00–72.00) | 0.35 |
In-hospital | |||
LOS, days (SD) | 5.53 (14.08) | 5.43 (10.55) | 0.77 |
Ventilator days, (SD) | 4.72 (7.78) | 5.91 (10.79) | 0.11 |
Discharge GOS at baseline (%) | 1798 (52.18%) | 1281 (49.10%) | 0.02 |
Emergency intervention | 0.002 | ||
Thoracotomy | 22 (0.64%) | 13 (0.50%) | |
Laparotomy | 57 (1.65%) | 42 (1.61%) | |
Limb revascularisation | 20 (0.58%) | 8 (0.31%) | |
Interventional radiology | 27 (0.78%) | 8 (0.31%) | |
Craniotomy | 32 (0.93%) | 38 (1.46%) | |
Intracranial pressure device | 14 (0.57%) | 26 (1.00%) | |
Other | 286 (8.30%) | 279 (10.69%) | |
No intervention performed | 2974 (86.30%) | 2145 (82.22%) | |
Intention | 0.17 | ||
Unintentional (%) | 2973 (86.27%) | 2188 (83.86%) | |
Self-harm (%) | 159 (4.61%) | 118 (4.52%) | |
Assault (%) | 249 (7.23%) | 220 (8.43%) | |
Injuries | |||
Blunt injuries (%) | 3131 (90.86%) | 2320 (88.92%) | 0.63 |
Penetrating injuries (%) | 307 (8.91%) | 247 (9.47%) | |
Number of injuries (SD) | 3.85 (3.89) | 4.09 (3.96) | 0.02 |
ISS, median (IQR) | 5 (1–12) | 5 (1–13) | < 0.001 |
NISS, median (IQR) | 6 (2–17) | 8 (3–17) | < 0.001 |
Discharge destination | 0.59 | ||
Home (%) | 2537 (73.62%) | 1880 (72.06%) | |
Rehabilitation (%) | 256 (7.43%) | 213 (8.16%) | |
Morgue (%) | 140 (4.06%) | 106 (4.06%) | |
Other ICU (%) | 144 (4.18%) | 112 (4.29%) | |
Other ward (%) | 365 (10.59%) | 248 (9.51%) |