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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Pre-hospital severe traumatic brain injury – comparison of outcome in paramedic versus physician staffed emergency medical services

 

EMS

 

Ph-EMS

  
 

n = 183

n = 275

 
 

mean

SD, range

mean

SD, range

p-value

Age, years

52

21.6, 6–89

47

19.7, 0.2–90

0.014

 

n

%

n

%

 

Male

127

69

204

74

0.263

Mechanism of injury

    

0.018

 Fall from ground level

81

44

105

38

 

 Traffic accident

41

22

51

19

 

 Fall from a height (>2 m)

25

14

36

13

 

 Violence

14

8

24

9

 

 Other

4

2

25

9

 

 Unknown

18

8

34

12

 

Primary GCS

     

 Median

4

-

4

-

0.370

 ≤8

137

75

247

90

 

 9–13

13

7

14

5

 

 14–15

6

3

7

3

 

 Unknown

27

15

7

3