Data variable number | Main data variable name | Type of data | Data variable categories or values | Data variable sub-categories or values | Type | Definition of data variable | How often should variable be reported |
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5. Mission outcome and quality indicators | |||||||
5.1. | Mission outcome | Categorical | 5.1.1. Patient left at scene | Check box | Patient left by p-EMS at scene. If necessary, taken to GP or other | For each mission | |
5.1.2. Patient taken to hospital, not escorted by p-EMS | To hospital by EMS or other | ||||||
5.1.3. Patient taken to hospital, escorted by p-EMS | |||||||
5.1.4. Patient declared dead on arrival at hospital | |||||||
5.1.5. Patient declared dead at scene | |||||||
5.1.6. Discharged alive from scene | Patient is alive when leaving scene | ||||||
5.1.7. Transported to hospital in cardiac arrest with ongoing CPR | |||||||
5.1.8. Patient alive at handover | Patient is alive when p-EMS hand over patient to hospital/GP/EMS unit or other | ||||||
5.1.9. Patient alive at discharge from hospital | |||||||
5.1.10. Patient alive at 30 days | |||||||
5.2. | Was the patient’s “post-p-EMS” followed up and registered? | Categorical | Bullet list | 30-day outcome or outcome at discharge from hospital | For each mission | ||
5.2.1. Yes | |||||||
5.2.2. No | |||||||
5.2.3. Unknown | |||||||
5.3. | Intubation success | Categorical | 5.3.1. Yes, on first attempt | Bullet list | Successful ETI by p-EMS | For each mission | |
5.3.2. Yes, after two or more attempts | |||||||
5.3.3. No | |||||||
5.4. | Complications to ETI | Categorical | 5.4.1. Yes | 5.4.1.1. SpO2 < 90% (at any time) | Check box | For each mission | |
5.4.1.2. Blood pressure below 90 (at any time) | |||||||
5.4.1.3. If TBI: Blood pressure below 120 (at any time) | |||||||
5.4.1.4. Blood pressure above 200 (at any time) | |||||||
5.4.1. 5. Cardiac arrest or severe, clinically significant bradycardia in relation to the procedure | |||||||
5.4.2. No | No complications to ETI | ||||||
5.5. | Patient with MI | Categorical | 5.5.1. Transferred to PCI centre? | 5.5.1.1. Yes | Bullet list | Patient meets criteria for myocardial infarction | For each mission |
5.5.1.2. No | |||||||
5.5.2. On-scene time | Number | ||||||
5.6. | Stroke patients | Categorical | 5.6.1. Transferred to a stroke centre? | 5.6.1.1 Yes | Bullet list | All patients considered as having stroke by p-EMS | For each mission |
5.6.1.2 No | |||||||
Continuous | 5.6.2. On-scene time | Number | |||||
5.7. | Cardiac arrest patients | Categorical | 5.7.1. Did patient achieve ROSC for more than 5 min | 5.7.1.1. Yes | Bullet list | Patients with cardiac arrest | For each mission |
5.7.1.2. No | |||||||
Categorical | 5.7.2. If ROSC: patient transferred to a PCI centre? | 5.7.2.1. Yes | Bullet list | ||||
5.7.2.2. No | |||||||
5.8. | Pain | Categorical | 5.8.1. Was the patient’s pain VAS score reduced below 4? | 5.8.1.1. Yes | Bullet list | For each mission | |
5.8.1.2. No | |||||||
5.8.1.3. Unknown | |||||||
5.8.2. Did the prehospital treatment reduce pain or otherwise control/improve the subjective symptoms and well-being? | 5.8.2.1. Yes | As defined by attending p-EMS | |||||
5.8.2.2. No | |||||||
5.8.2.3. Unknown | |||||||
5.9. | Did the prehospital interventions improve or stabilize the vital functions? | Categorical | 5.9.1. Yes | Bullet list | As defined by attending p-EMS | For each mission | |
5.9.2. No | |||||||
5.9.3. Unknown | |||||||
5.10. | Adverse events during mission | Categorical | 5.10.1. Adverse operational events | Check box | Missing material or teamwork issues during mission | For each mission | |
5.10.2. Adverse medical events | Any adverse medical events during mission |