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Table 2 Participant characteristics by intervention category

From: Randomised controlled trials in pre-hospital trauma: a systematic mapping review

Intervention category

Age

Mean (SD)

Sex

% male

Ethnicity

%

ISS

Mean (SD)

Type of trauma

Fluid therapy (n = 7) [17,18,19,20,21,22,23]

38.3 (4.3)

72.0%

White 83%

Asian 7%

African American 5.5%

American Indian 3%

Pacific islander 0.5%

Other/unknown 1%

(Based on 1 study reporting data)

22.7 (9.9)

(Based on 6 studies reporting data)

Penetrating and blunt trauma

(Based on 5 studies reporting data)

Analgesia (n = 7) [24,25,26,27,28,29,30]

48.4 (13.3)

62.1%

Not reported

4

(Based on 1 study reporting data)

Blunt trauma

(Based on 1 study reporting data)

Blood product (n = 3) [31,32,33]

37.8 (6.9)

77.9%

White 63%

Black 24%

Hispanic 9%

Asian 1%

Other 1%

Unknown 1%

(Based on 2 studies reporting data)

22.7 (3.8)

Penetrating and blunt trauma

Temperature management (n = 3) [34,35,36]

45.7 (12.0)

56.9%

Not reported

23

(Based on 1 study reporting data)

Blunt trauma

(Based on 1 study reporting data)

Airway management/ventilation (n = 2) [37, 38]

38.4 (3.2)

73.1%

Not reported

31.7 (1.4)

Penetrating and blunt trauma

(Based on 1 study reporting data)

Model of care (n = 1) [39]

43.5 (2.1)

73.5%

Not reported

27.5

Blunt trauma

  1. ISS Injury Severity Score, SD Standard deviation