Characteristics (unit) | Missing data (n) | All patients (n = 422, 100%) | Group 1: Patients treated by physicians (n = 230, 55%) | Group 2: Patients treated by paramedics (n = 190, 45%) | p-value groups 1 and 2 compared |
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Age (years) | 0 | 37 (25-52) | 37 (25-51) | 38 (27-52) | 0,704 |
Sex (M/F) [%] | 0 | 76,7/23,3 | 77,0/23,0 | 76,3/23,7 | 0,908 |
Mechanism of injury (%) | 0 | ||||
1. motor vehicle accident | 44,8 (40,1-49,6) | 40,9 (34,7-47,3) | 49,5 (42,4-56,5) | 0,094 | |
2. motorcycle | 12,6 (9,7-16,1) | 10,9 (7,5-15,6) | 14,7 (10,4-20,5) | 0,242 | |
3. cyclist | 3,6 (2,2-5,8) | 3,9 (2,1-7,3) | 3,2 (1,5-6,7) | 0,795 | |
4. pedestrian | 9,8 (7,3-12,9) | 10,9 (7,5-15,6) | 8,4 (5,3-13,2) | 0,415 | |
5. fall > 4m | 15,5 (12,2-19,2) | 17,8 (13,4-23,3) | 12,6 (8,7-18,1) | 0,175 | |
6. fall < 4 m | 7,4 (5,2-10,2) | 7,8 (5,0-12,0) | 6,8 (4,1-11,4) | 0,852 | |
7. stab or gun shot wound | 1,2 (0,5-2,7) | 1,7 (0,7-4,4) | 0,5 (0,1-2,9) | 0,383 | |
8. other | 5,2 (3,5-7,8) | 6,1 (3,7-10,0) | 4,2 (2,2-8,1) | 0,510 | |
Time intervals (min) | |||||
to first responding unit | 62 | 10 (7-13) | 10 (7-13) | 10 (8-14) | nc |
on scene | 118 | 27 (21-36) | 29 (22-40) | 25 (20-32) | nc |
Call to hospital | 18 | 62 (49-78) | 62 (48-78) | 63 (52-77) | 0,403 |
ISS | 0 | 10 (4-18) | 16 (6-26) | 6 (2-10) | < 0,001 |