Table 4 Characteristics of patients stratified by clinical condition on arrival at the scene
Died pre-arrival | Died post-arrival | Unstable initially and didn’t improve | Unstable initially and improved | Stable initially and deteriorated | Stable throughout | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % TOTAL | N | % TOTAL | N | % TOTAL | N | % TOTAL | N | % TOTAL | N | % TOTAL | N | % TOTAL | |
TOTAL1 | 9 | 11 | 27 | 74 | 8 | 466 | 595 | |||||||
MECHANISM OF INJURY | ||||||||||||||
FALL | 3 | 33% | 1 | 9% | 3 | 11% | 12 | 16% | 0 | 0% | 91 | 19.5% | 110 | 18.5% |
NON-TRAUMA | 3 | 33% | 5 | 46% | 2 | 7% | 8 | 11% | 1 | 12.5% | 21 | 4.5% | 40 | 6.7% |
OTHER | 2 | 22% | 1 | 9% | 2 | 7% | 7 | 10% | 2 | 25% | 57 | 12.2% | 71 | 11.9% |
ROAD | 1 | 11% | 3 | 27% | 17 | 63% | 39 | 53% | 4 | 50% | 195 | 41.8% | 259 | 43.5% |
SPORT | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 7% | 0 | 0% | 61 | 13.1% | 66 | 11.1% |
UNKNOWN | 0 | 0% | 1 | 9% | 3 | 11% | 3 | 4% | 1 | 12.5% | 41 | 8.8% | 49 | 8.2% |
TRAUMA LOCATION | ||||||||||||||
ABDOMEN | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 5% | 0 | 0% | 19 | 4.1% | 23 | 3.9% |
BURNS | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 1 | 12.5% | 10 | 2.1% | 12 | 2% |
CHEST | 0 | 0% | 1 | 9% | 5 | 19% | 6 | 8% | 2 | 25% | 56 | 12% | 70 | 11.8% |
EXTREMITY | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 7% | 21 | 28% | 3 | 37.5% | 212 | 45.5% | 238 | 40% |
FACE | 0 | 0% | 1 | 9% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 5% | 0 | 0% | 18 | 3.9% | 23 | 3.9% |
HEAD | 1 | 11% | 2 | 18% | 21 | 78% | 34 | 46% | 1 | 12.5% | 121 | 26% | 180 | 30.3% |
MULTI | 1 | 11% | 4 | 36% | 15 | 56% | 23 | 31% | 1 | 12.5% | 71 | 15.2% | 115 | 19.3% |
OTHER_TRAUMA | 3 | 33% | 2 | 18% | 1 | 4% | 7 | 10% | 0 | 0% | 17 | 3.6% | 30 | 5% |
PELVIS | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 5% | 3 | 37.5% | 25 | 5.4% | 32 | 5.4% |
SPINAL | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 4% | 0 | 0% | 98 | 21% | 101 | 17% |
NON-TRAUMA DX | ||||||||||||||
CARDIOVASCULAR | 2 | 22% | 4 | 36% | 1 | 4% | 3 | 4% | 1 | 12.5% | 5 | 1.1% | 16 | 2.7% |
GASTROINTESTINAL | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.5% |
METABOLIC | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 4 | 0.9% | 6 | 1% |
NEUROLOGIC | 0 | 0% | 1 | 9% | 1 | 4% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% |
OTHER | 1 | 11% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 1.3% | 8 | 1.3% |
RESPIRATORY | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.5% |