Table 2.
Prehospital characteristics
| Location A (n = 4996) |
Location B (n = 3281) |
Total (n = 8277) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Transported from, n (%) | |||
| Accident scene | 4837 (96.8) | 3080 (93.9) | 7918 (95.7) |
| Hospital referral | 51 (1.0) | 76 (2.3) | 127 (1.5) |
| General practitioner referral | 43 (0.9) | 20 (0.6) | 63 (0.8) |
| Missing | 64 (1.3) | 105 (3.2) | 169 (2.0) |
| Method of transportation, n (%) | |||
| EMS | 2758 (55.2) | 1801 (54.9) | 4559 (55.1) |
| Own transportation | 905 (18.1) | 1449 (44.2) | 2354 (28.5) |
| HEMS | 12 (0.2) | – | 12 (0.1) |
| Other | 1321 (26.5) | 31 (0.9) | 1352 (16.3) |
| HEMS assistance, n (%) | 251 (5.0) | 86 (2.6) | 337 (4.1) |
EMS Emergency Medical Services, HEMS physician staffed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services