Table 3.

Diagnose, median age, comorbidity and outcome for patients seeking hospital care within 72 h of primary EMS assignment; n = 136 (%)

		ED visitors	p-value	Hospital Admissions	p-value	7 days mortality	p-value
Total		136 (100)		44 (32)		2 (1, 5)
72 h Secondary EMS transport		74 (54)	< 0,001*	28 (21)	< 0,001*	2 (1, 5)	0,084
Other transport		62 (46)		16 (12)		0 (0)
ED Diagnose	Fracture Extremity	15 (11)	1,000	5 (4)	0,023	0 (0)	0,062
	Fracture Other	8 (6)		3 (2)		0 (0)
	Injury Extremity	21 (15)		3 (2)		0 (0)
	Injury Head/spinal	37 (27)		6 (4)		0 (0)
	Injury Torso	8 (6)		4 (3)		0 (0)
	Medical	16 (12)		8 (6)		2 (1, 5)
	Other	29 (21)		13 (10)		0 (0)
	Missing	2 (1, 5)		2 (1, 5)		0 (0)
Median Age (Q1, Q3)	Fracture Extremity	68 (25, 89)		89 (68, 95)
	Fracture Other	74 (52. 81)		78 (65, 94)
	Injury Extremity	31 (22, 65)		86 (31, 88)
	Injury Head/spinal	55 (21, 78)		81 (71, 85)
	Injury Torso	44 (23, 71)		49 (16, 75)
	Medical	65 (43, 77)		62 (48, 77)
	Other	43 (30, 78)		78 (52, 81)
	Missing	3**
		No prior illness		One prior illness		Two or more	Missing
Comorbidity (n = 135 ED visitors)	Fracture Extremity	6 (4)		2 (1)		5 (4)	2 (1)
	Fracture Other	2 (1)		2 (1)		4 (3)	0 (0)
	Injury Extremity	11 (8)		2 (1)		6 (4)	2 (1)
	Injury Head/spinal	15 (11)		9 (7)		13 (10)	1 (0,7)
	Injury Torso	3 (2)		3 (2)		2 (1)	0 (0)
	Medical	3 (2)		5 (4)		7 (5)	1 (0,7)
	Other	6 (4)		10 (7)		10 (7)	3 (2)

*p-value calculated using Fisher-Freeman-Halton Exact Test. p < 0,001 was considered statistically significant.

** age unknown