North Denmark EMS (intervention) | South Denmark EMS (reference) | |||
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(n = 7551) | (n = 15,585) | |||
Annual regional incidence of emergency calls regarding children | ||||
Calls per 1000 inhabitants < 18 years | 30 | 29 | ||
Sex, n (%) | ||||
Male | 3957 | (52.4) | 8144 | (52.3) |
Missing data, n (%) | 121 | (1.6) | 204 | (1.3) |
Age, n (%) | ||||
0–2 months | 419 | (5.5) | 850 | (5.5) |
3–11 months | 583 | (7.7) | 1138 | (7.3) |
1–2 years | 1463 | (19.4) | 2882 | (18.5) |
3–7 years | 1278 | (16.9) | 2459 | (15.8) |
8–17 years | 3808 | (50.4) | 8256 | (53.0) |
Missing data, n (%) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
Response timea | ||||
Median (IQR), minutes | 11 | (7–19) | 7 | (4–11) |
Missing data, n (%) | 603 | (8.0) | 880 | (5.6) |
Treat-and-release situations, n (%) | ||||
Against EMS provider’s advice | 200 | (2.6) | 249 | (1.6) |
EMS provider’s initiative | 975 | (12.9) | 1811 | (11.6) |
Missing data, n (%) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
EMS care timeb, n (%) | ||||
0–15 min | 277 | (4.3) | 400 | (3.0) |
15–30 min | 1378 | (21.6) | 2407 | (17.8) |
30–45 min | 1522 | (23.9) | 4046 | (29.9) |
45–60 min | 1262 | (19.8) | 2977 | (22.0) |
60–120 min | 1117 | (17.5) | 1815 | (13.4) |
≥ 120 min | 93 | (1.5) | 272 | (2.0) |
Missing data, n (%) | 727 | (11.4) | 1608 | (11.9) |
Accidents, n (%) | ||||
Trauma | 1527 | (20.2) | 3416 | (21.9) |
Minor injuries | 345 | (4.6) | 531 | (3.4) |
Missing data, n (%) | 299 | (4.0) | 401 | (2.6) |
First triage scorec, n (%) | ||||
Life-threatening (red) | 415 | (5.5) | 717 | (4.6) |
Urgent (orange) | 1682 | (22.3) | 2328 | (14.9) |
Less urgent (yellow) | 1456 | (19.3) | 2851 | (18.3) |
Not urgent (green) | 2073 | (27.5) | 6266 | (40.2) |
Missing data, n (%) | 1925 | (25.5) | 3423 | (22.0) |