Table 2 Characteristics of all dispatches and patients served by the PVU (n = 1.510)
Characteristic | |
|---|---|
Sex, N (%) | |
Male | 701 (46.4%) |
Female | 631 (41.8%) |
Missinga | 178 (11.8%) |
Age group, N (%) | |
Under 18 | 87 (5.8%) |
18–34 | 263 (17.4%) |
35–49 | 169 (11.2%) |
50–64 | 252 (16.7%) |
65–79 | 315 (20.9%) |
80+ | 244 (16.2%) |
Missinga | 180 (11.9%) |
Level of urgency, N (%) | |
A | 132 (8.7%) |
B | 1263 (83.6%) |
Other | 115 (7.6%) |
Time to arrival (minutes), median (IQR) | 14 (10–19)b |
On scene time (minutes), median (IQR) | 49 (33–64) |
End of treatment, N (%) | |
Patient reassigned to or handed over to other prehospital | 617 (40.9%) |
Treatment completed on site without consultation with a physician | 183 (12.1%) |
Treatment completed on site by consultation with EMCC-physician | 182 (12.1%) |
Referred to own transport | 134 (8.9%) |
Referred to seated transport | 76 (5.0%) |
Treatment completed on site by consultation with MECU-physician | 74 (4.9%) |
System cancellation or cancelled while driving | 57 (3.8%) |
Patient refused transport | 49 (3.3%) |
Operational consideration | 42 (2.8%) |
Incident not relevant | 21 (1.4%) |
Patient not present on site | 11 (0.7%) |
Missing | 64 (4.3%) |