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Table 5 Speed of (appropriate*) dispatch

From: The SEE-IT Trial: emergency medical services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

Outcome

 

Control

GoodSAM

Difference

p-Value

Speed of dispatch: time from initiation of 999 call to:

 Dispatch of HEMS

N

52

20

  

Time in minutes (95% CI)

19.1 (15.5, 22.7)

17.4 (9.8, 25.0)

1.7 ( − 6.5,  − 10.0)

0.67

 Dispatch of CCP

N

73

43

  

Time in minutes (95% CI)

9.5 (7.8, 11.1)

8.9 (7.1, 10.3)

0.78 ( − 1.5, 3.1)

0.5

Speed of appropriate* dispatch: time from initiation of 999 call to:

 Dispatch of HEMS*

N

13

6

  

Time in minutes (95% CI)

19.6 (11.0, 28.3)

14.7 (7.1, 22.3)

4.9 ( − 5.5, 15.4)

0.33

 Dispatch of CCP*

N

14

8

  

Time in minutes (95% CI)

8.9 (6.5, 11.3)

9.9 (4.6, 15.1)

 − 1.0 ( − 6.5, 4.5)

0.69

  1. *For inclusion of the ‘appropriateness’ assessment of dispatch this could only include the sub-sample of patient participants who provided consent for access to medical records. Data are also presented for the whole sample for comparison to this