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Table 2 Completeness rates for reporting in p-EMS. Table depicts number of missions with registered variables and percent of registered variables for standard and focused data collection method

From: Collecting core data in physician-staffed pre-hospital helicopter emergency medical services using a consensus-based template: international multicentre feasibility study in Finland and Norway

Data point name

Standard (n = 4437) (%)

Focused (n = 128) (%)

p-value1

Event operational descriptors

 Call received at emergency medical communication centre

3085 (69.5)

128 (100)

<  0.001

 Unit arrival at scene

4437 (100)

128 (100)

NA

 Patient leaving scene

2493 (56.2)

117 (91)

<  0.001

 Patient arriving hospital

1804 (40.7)

110 (86)

<  0.001

 Type of dispatch

4437 (100)

128 (100)

NA

 Type of transportation

4417 (99.5)

128 (100)

1.0

 Result of dispatch

4437 (100)

128 (100)

NA

Patient descriptors

 Age

4434 (99.9)

127 (99)

0.108

 Comorbidity

4437 (100)

128 (100)

NA

 Medical problem

4437 (100)

128 (100)

NA

 Glasgow coma score first

3712 (83.7)

125 (98)

<  0.001

 Glasgow coma score last

1843 (41.5)

124 (97)

<  0.001

 Heart rate first

2893 (65.2)

119 (93)

<  0.001

 Heart rate last

1591 (35.9)

109 (85)

<  0.001

 Systolic blood pressure first

2827 (63.7)

99 (77)

0.001

 Systolic blood pressure last

1561 (35.2)

90 (70)

<  0.001

 Rhythm first

3363 (75.8)

118 (92)

<  0.001

 Rhythm last

1533 (34.6)

117 (91)

<  0.001

 SpO2 first

2761 (62.2)

110 (86)

<  0.001

 SpO2 last

1600 (36.1)

106 (83)

<  0.001

 Pain first

863 (19.5)

123 (96)

<  0.001

 Pain last

447 (10.1)

122 (95)

<  0.001

 Respiratory rate first

2040 (46)

112 (88)

<  0.001

 Respiratory rate last

1043 (23.5)

105 (82)

<  0.001

Process mapping

 Diagnostic procedures

4437 (100)

53 (41)

<  0.001

 Drugs to facilitate airway procedure

4437 (100)

122 (95)

<  0.001

 Device for successful airway management

4437 (100)

121 (95)

<  0.001

 Breathing – procedures used

4437 (100)

46 (36)

<  0.001

 Circulation – procedures used

4437 (100)

126 (98)

0.001

 Disability – procedures used

4437 (100)

111 (87)

<  0.001

 Medication – drugs administered

4437 (100)

127 (99)

0.028

 Type of medication]

4437 (100)

123 (96)

<  0.001

Outcome Measures and Quality Indicators

 Mission Outcome

4419 (99.6)

127 (99)

0.418

  1. 1: Fisher’s exact test
  2. NA: not possible to calculate as two cells have a frequency of zero
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