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. 2024 Jan 25;12:1296250. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1296250

Table 3.

Comparison of emergency medical service-related times before and after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Overall Before COVID-19 pandemic After beginning of COVID-19 pandemic before vs. after beginning of COVID-19 pandemic, median [95% CI]
Response time, minutes, median (IQR), n = 208 7 (5 to 10) 8 (5 to 10) 6 (5 to 9) 1 [0, 3]a
Time on-scene, minutes, median (IQR), n = 189 12 (8 to 18) 14 (9 to 20) 11 (7 to 15) 3 [1, 6]b
Transport time, minutes, median (IQR), n = 181 9 (5 to 15) 9 (5 to 14) 11 (6 to 17) −2 [−5, 1]
Back-to-service time, minutes, median (IQR), n = 181 21 (14 to 35) 21 (14 to 35) 22 (14 to 33) −1 [−6, 4]
Overall mission time, minutes, median (IQR), n = 208 52 (40 to 66) 53 (41 to 69) 51 (39 to 65) 3 [−4, 9]

All values rounded to integers. ap = 0.03, bp = 0.02. IQR interquartile range, n number of subjects, 95% CI 95% confidence interval.