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Table 1 Characteristics of the trauma population (n = 144)

From: Clinical guided computer tomography decisions are advocated in potentially severely injured trauma patients: a one-year audit in a level 1 trauma Centre with long pre-hospital times

Characteristics

Male sex, n (%)

114 (79.2)

Tourist, n (%)

28 (19.4)

Age, years in median (Q1, Q3)

31 (19, 49)

Age groups, n (%)

  < 5

9 (6.3)

 5–16

17 (11.8)

  > 16

118 (81.9)

Transport to first hospital by

 Ambulance helicopter, n (%)

80 (55.6)

 Fixed wing air ambulance, n (%)

9 (6.2)

 Road ambulance, n (%)

53 (36.8)

 Private transportation, n (%)

2 (1.4)

Trauma mechanism

 Penetrating traumas, n (%)

5 (3.5)

 Blunt, n (%)

139 (96.5)

  Road traffic, n (%)

    63 (45.3)

  Snowmobile, n (%)

    11 (7.9)

  Falls, n (%)

    31 (22.3)

  Hit by blunt object, n (%)

    13 (9.4)

  Explosion/fire, n (%)

    8 (5.7)

  Avalanches and/or hypothermia, n (%)

    8 (5.8)

  Other causes, n (%)

    5 (3.6)

Transferred from other hospitals, n (%)

36 (25.0)

ISS, (Q1, Q3, Range)

9 (2, 22, 0–59)

NISS, (Q1, Q3, Range)

12 (3, 27, 0–66)

ISS > 15, n (%)

52 (36.1)

 ISS > 15 among 26 children ≤16 years, n (%)

    5 (19.2)

 ISS > 15 among 118 adults, n (%)

    47 (39.8)

NISS > 15, n (%)

64 (44.4)

Length of stay, median days (Q1, Q3)

4 (1.2, 11.5)

Total hospitalization > 20 days, n (%)

20 (13.9)

30-day mortality, n (%)

10 (6.9)

  1. Q1 lower quartile, Q3 upper quartile, ISS Injury Severity Score, NISS New Injury Severity score