Photography tele-transmission by regular ambulance staff for the management of mild traumatic injury: the NiCEPHORE randomised-controlled trial

Table 1 : Demographic, clinical characteristics and final orientation of patients

	Standard group n = 79	Photography group n = 73	p value	OR [IC95%]
Age (years)	72.5 ± 22.9	67.7 ± 23	0.22
Sex ratio M: F	0.46	0.60	0.38
Trauma type			0.53
Upper limb trauma	11 (14%)	8 (11%)
Lower limb trauma	30 (38%)	21 (29%)
Wound	34 (43%)	39 (53%)
Others	4 (5%)	5 (7%)
Dispatching			0.0003
Nearest hospital	70 (87%)	49 (67%)
Higher level hospital	2 (3%)	10 (14%)
Ambulatory cares	4 (5%)	14 (19%)
MICA	3 (4%)	0 (0%)
Patients dispatched elsewhere than nearest hospital	9 (11%)	24 (33%)	0.0026	3.80 [1.63–8.90]
Over-triage	12/75 (16%)	4/59 (7%)	0.10	0.38 [0.09–1.36]
Under-triage	1/4 (25%)	1/14(7%)	0.41	0.25 [0.01–24.1]

Over-triage = proportion of patients initially dispatched to an ED that could have underwent outpatient care after patient’s medical file review
Under-triage = proportion of patients initially left at home for outpatient care that had to go to an ED within the 10 days for secondary care related to the traumatic injury
OR, Odds Ratio; MICA, Medical Intensive Care Ambulance; 95% CI, 95% Confidence Interval

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