Table 4 EMS and ER treatment/travel mean times by study arm and referral hospital Metropolitan area
EMS suspected stroke pts: Time from dispatch to hospital (minutes) | ER suspect stroke pts trasferred: Time in the first ER (minutes) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EMS: Total metropolitan area | EMS:substrata of Rome center | EMS:substrata of Rome suburban area | ER: Metropolitan Area | ||||||
N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | ||
I° | Referral: SU | 219 | 29.2 (12.1) | 190 | 26.7 (8.8) | 29 | 47.2 (17.2) | 148 | 180 (162) |
Referral: other hosp. | 665 | 32.6 (15.9) | 198 | 30.0 (11.4) | 467 | 33.7 (17.3) | 17 | 318 (240) | |
Total | 884 | 31.8 (15.1) | 388 | 28.4 (10.3) | 496 | 34.4 (17.5) | 165 | 193 (176) | |
C° | Referral: SU | 7 | 32.2 (9.2) | 6 | 30.2 (8.8) | 1 | 42.0(-) | 56 | 216 (210) |
Referral: other hosp. | 220 | 35.9 (14.0) | 163 | 30.3 (9.7) | 57 | 48.5 (14.0) | 12 | 288 (240) | |
Total | 227 | 35.8 (13.8) | 169 | 30.3 (9.7) | 58 | 48.4 (13.9) | 68 | 228 (216) | |