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Table 2 System variables

From: An increased potential for organ donors may be found among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Prehospital diagnosis

N

Response time (minutes) (Median, Quartiles)

On-scene time (minutes) (Median, Quartiles)

Transport time from the scene to the hospital (minutes) (Median, Quartiles)

Stroke

49

6 (4.5, 9)

22.5 (19, 27.5)

15.5 (9, 26.5)

Cardiac Arrest

22

6 (3.25, 10.5)

39 (29, 45.25)

21.5 (9.5, 32.75)

Subarachnoideal haemorrhage

21

5 (3.5, 7.5)

24(19, 33)

14.5 (8.75, 24)

Head Trauma

14

5 (3, 8.25)

31 (18.5, 42)

14 (5.25, 21)

Miscellaneous

15

8 (4.75, 9.5)

26 (17, 37)

9.5 (5.75, 19)

No diagnosis assigned

14

5 (3, 12.25)

20 (16, 33)

17 (9, 24.5)

Total population

135

6 (4, 9)

26 (19, 34)

16 (9, 25)

  1. Patients assigned a diagnosis of cardiac arrest or head trauma required the largest amount of on-scene time