From: Helicopter emergency medical service dispatch in older trauma: time to reconsider the trigger?
Total | Immediate | Interrogate | Crew Request | P value | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n [%] | n [%] | n [%] | n [%] | ||
Patients | 1321 [100] | 423 [32.0] | 575 [43.5] | 323 [24.5] | |
PHEA | 260 [19.7] | 93 [22.0] | 81 [14.1] | 86 [26.6] | .001 |
PRBC | 97 [7.3] | 55 [13] | 30 [5.2] | 12 [3.7] | .001 |
FDP | 92 [7.0] | 54 [12.8] | 24 [4.1] | 14 [4.3] | .001 |
Thoracotomy | 4 [0.3] | 2 [0.5] | 2 [0.4] | 0 [0] | .334* |
Thoracostomy | 178 [13.44] | 119 [28.1] | 39 [6.7] | 20 [6.1] | .001 |
Antibiotic therapy | 86 [6.5] | 20 [44.7] | 46 [8] | 20 [6.1] | .153 |
USS | 490 [37.0] | 183 [43.3] | 200 [34.8] | 107 [33.1] | .009 |
Anticoagulant reversal | 28 [2.1] | 10 [2.3] | 7 [1.2] | 11 [3.4] | .083 |
Fentanyl | 114 [8.6] | 38 [8.9] | 53 [9.2] | 23 [7.1] | .535 |
Ketamine | 127 [9.6] | 38 [8.9] | 55 [9.6] | 34 [10.5] | .777 |
Morphine | 238 [18.0] | 55 [13] | 109 [18.9] | 74 [22.9] | .002 |
Hypertonic saline 5% | 76 [5.7] | 23 [5.4] | 27 [4.7] | 26 [8.0] | .111 |
Chest drain | 7 [0.5] | 1 [0.2] | 3 [0.5] | 3 [0.9] | .77* |