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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by region

From: Prehospital vital sign monitoring in paediatric patients: an interregional study of educational interventions

 

North Denmark EMS (intervention)

South Denmark EMS (reference)

(n = 7551)

(n = 15,585)

Annual regional incidence of emergency calls regarding children

Calls per 1000 inhabitants < 18 years

30

 

29

 

Sex, n (%)

    

Male

3957

(52.4)

8144

(52.3)

Missing data, n (%)

121

(1.6)

204

(1.3)

Age, n (%)

    

0–2 months

419

(5.5)

850

(5.5)

3–11 months

583

(7.7)

1138

(7.3)

1–2 years

1463

(19.4)

2882

(18.5)

3–7 years

1278

(16.9)

2459

(15.8)

8–17 years

3808

(50.4)

8256

(53.0)

Missing data, n (%)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

Response timea

    

Median (IQR), minutes

11

(7–19)

7

(4–11)

Missing data, n (%)

603

(8.0)

880

(5.6)

Treat-and-release situations, n (%)

    

Against EMS provider’s advice

200

(2.6)

249

(1.6)

EMS provider’s initiative

975

(12.9)

1811

(11.6)

Missing data, n (%)

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

EMS care timeb, n (%)

    

0–15 min

277

(4.3)

400

(3.0)

15–30 min

1378

(21.6)

2407

(17.8)

30–45 min

1522

(23.9)

4046

(29.9)

45–60 min

1262

(19.8)

2977

(22.0)

60–120 min

1117

(17.5)

1815

(13.4)

 ≥ 120 min

93

(1.5)

272

(2.0)

Missing data, n (%)

727

(11.4)

1608

(11.9)

Accidents, n (%)

    

Trauma

1527

(20.2)

3416

(21.9)

Minor injuries

345

(4.6)

531

(3.4)

Missing data, n (%)

299

(4.0)

401

(2.6)

First triage scorec, n (%)

 

Life-threatening (red)

415

(5.5)

717

(4.6)

Urgent (orange)

1682

(22.3)

2328

(14.9)

Less urgent (yellow)

1456

(19.3)

2851

(18.3)

Not urgent (green)

2073

(27.5)

6266

(40.2)

Missing data, n (%)

1925

(25.5)

3423

(22.0)

  1. EMS emergency medical services; IQR interquartile range
  2. aTime from dispatch to arrival at scene
  3. bTime from arrival at scene to arrival at hospital for patients that were not released at the scene (n = 6376 in the intervention region and n = 13,525 in the reference region)
  4. cTriage score according to the Danish Regions’ Paediatric Triage Model, and if this field on the prehospital ePMR was empty, then according to the Danish Emergency Process Triage (DEPT)