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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study cohort

From: Trauma patient transport to hospital using helicopter emergency medical services or road ambulance in Sweden: a comparison of survival and prehospital time intervals

Demographics

HEMS

n = 4529

EMS

n = 69,503

Patient characteristics

 Sex (male:female), % (n)

71:29

(3223, 1306)

65:35

(44,988, 24,502)

 Age, median (Q1, Q3)

44

(27, 60)

44

(26, 64)

Injury severity

Median

(Q1, Q3)

Median

(Q1, Q3)

 ISS ≤ 8

4

(1, 5)

1

(1, 4)

 ISS 9–15

10

(9, 13)

10

(9, 13)

 ISS 16–24

18

(17, 21)

17

(17, 21)

 ISS ≥ 25

30

(27, 41)

29

(26, 35)

Blunt vs penetrating

% Ratio

(n)

% Ratio

(n)

 ISS ≤ 8

92:8

(1757, 168)

92:8

(41,981, 3710)

 ISS 9–15

92:8

(1116, 91)

91:9

(12,665, 1200)

 ISS 16–24

93:7

(668, 50)

92:8

(5076, 447)

 ISS ≥ 25

92:8

(615, 56)

90:10

(3817, 402)

Survival

    

 30-day mortality, % (n)

6.6

(299)

4.9

(3431)

 GOS, median (Q1, Q3)

4

(4, 5)

5

(4, 5)

Prehospital time, minutes

Median

(Q1, Q3)

Median

(Q1, Q3)

 Total prehospital time

63

(50, 84)

53

(39, 71)

 Dispatch to arrival

19

(13, 28)

11

(7, 18)

 Time on scene

23

(16, 31)

20

(14, 28)

 Scene to hospital

18

(13, 28)

18

(10, 29)

  1. ISS: Injury Severity Score; GOS: Glasgow Outcome Score