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Table 2 Medical characteristics of the population having requested PEMS intervention between 2001–2010 (numbers and percentages)

From: Trends of pre-hospital emergency medical services activity over 10 years: a population-based registry analysis

Variables

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Primary interventions

21722

21753

23225

23510

24630

25048

26170

27376

27603

28697

Medical problem*

          

Trauma

5962 (28.1)

6138 (28.9)

6599 (29.2)

6634 (29.1)

6806 (28.6)

6721 (27.7)

7261 (28.6)

7399 (27.9)

7661 (28.6)

7965 (28.6)

Medical problem

          

Coma

1804 (8.5)

1902 (9.0)

1991 (8.8)

2028 (8.9)

2024 (8.5)

2169 (8.9)

2419 (9.5)

2437 (9.2)

2505 (9.4)

2548 (9.2)

Chest pain

1594 (7.5)

1610 (7.6)

1586 (7.0)

1659 (7.3)

1697 (7.1)

1847 (7.6)

1967 (7.7)

1865 (7.0)

1565 (5.9)

1715 (6.2)

Dyspnoea

1233 (5.8)

1300 (6.1)

1442 (6.4)

1314 (5.8)

1544 (6.5)

1633 (6.7)

1710 (6.7)

1699 (6.4)

1693 (6.3)

1613 (5.8)

Cardiac arrest

506 (2.4)

495 (2.3)

500 (2.2)

466 (2.1)

533 (2.2)

544 (2.2)

525 (2.1)

543 (2.1)

574 (2.1)

559 (2.0)

Place of intervention

          

Home

  

13436 (59.4)

13719 (60.3)

14575 (61.2)

15207 (62.6)

15488 (60.9)

15949 (60.1)

15999 (59.6)

16904 (60.6)

Public place

  

6229 (27.5)

6106 (26.8)

6021 (25.3)

5786 (23.8)

6073 (23.9)

6156 (23.2)

6231 (23.2)

6277 (22.5)

School or workplace

  

859 (3.8)

815 (3.6)

882 (3.7)

978 (4.0)

1082 (4.3)

1021 (3.9)

1117 (4.2)

1178 (4.2)

Hospital/private practice

  

690 (3.0)

693 (3.0)

767 (3.2)

840 (3.5)

1354 (5.3)

1816 (6.8)

1917 (7.1)

2105 (7.5)

Sport area

  

923 (4.1)

882 (3.9)

921 (3.9)

990 (4.1)

982 (3.9)

1105 (4.2)

1153 (4.3)

976 (3.5)

Other

  

497 (2.2)

550 (2.4)

638 (2.7)

495 (2.0)

443 (1.7)

491 (1.9)

419 (1.6)

450 (1.6)

  1. PEMS: prehospital emergency medical services; SMUR: emergency physicians sent simultaneously onsite;
  2. *The medical problem is related to the ECC keyword and not to a clinical diagnosis.