Table 1.
The number of burn injury presentations, total number of paediatric presentations and the age, sex, arrival time, length of stay in the department and disposition status of children presenting with a burn injury
| Burns presentations | Total (n=5213) |
P value | |||||
| Campbelltown Hospital (n=585) |
Fairfield Hospital (n=244) |
The Westmead Children’s Hospital (n=3139) |
Wagga Wagga Hospital (n=603) |
Wyong Hospital (n=642) |
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| Total no of ED presentations (burns/1000) | 108 905 (5.37) | 43 625 (5.59) | 315 501 (9.9) | 54 762 (11.1) | 92 317 (6.95) | 615 110 (8.48) | <0.001 |
| Age (months), median (IQR) | 36 (12–108) | 36 (12–96) | 24 (12–60) | 48 (12–120) | 72 (24–156) | 24 (12–84) | <0.001 |
| Males, n (%) | 337 (58) | 118 (48) | 1810 (58) | 333 (55) | 353 (55) | 2951 (57) | 0.056 |
| Arrival time, n (%) | <0.001 | ||||||
| 24:00–07:59 | 23 (4) | 12 (5) | 294 (9) | 25 (4) | 25 (4) | 379 (7) | |
| 08:00–15:59 | 149 (25) | 64 (26) | 929 (30) | 234 (39) | 161 (25) | 1537 (29) | |
| 16:00–23:59 | 413 (71) | 168 (69) | 1916 (61) | 344 (57) | 456 (71) | 3297 (63) | |
| ED length of stay (hours), median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 3 (2–4) | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1–3) | 3 (1–4) | <0.001 |
| Discharged home treatment complete, n (%) | 470 (80) | 225 (92) | 2323 (74) | 555 (92) | 623 (97) | 4196 (80) | <0.001 |
ED, emergency department.