Table 6.
Comparison of the red code group against the yellow code group
| Variable | Red code (FTTA) (N = 319) |
Yellow code (LTTA) (N = 144) |
P- value | Mean difference (CI 95%) | OR (CI 95%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 26.1 ± 19.1 | 32.8 ± 20.4 | 0.001> | 6.6(2.8–10.5) | |
| Helicopter Transport | 35(11%) | 7(4.9%) | 0.034 | 2.4(1.04–5.5) | |
| Self – transfer to the hospital | 15 (4.7%) | 4 (2.8%) | 0.09 | ||
| Vital signs on admission | |||||
| Heart rate | 101.9 ± 26.4 | 92 ± 20.4 | < 0.001 | 9.9(5.4–14.4) | |
| Systolic Blood Pressure | 128 ± 25.9 | 137.2 ± 22.1 | < 0.001 | 9.1(4.1-14.07) | |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 76.1 ± 17.4 | 81.2 ± 14.9 | 0.003 | 5.1 (1.7–8.4) | |
| Breathing method on admission | < 0.001 | ||||
| Spontaneous breathing | 212(66.5%) | 122(84.7%) | |||
| Simple face mask | 70(21.9%) | 22(15.3%) | |||
| Ambu face mask | 8(2.5%) | 0(0%) | |||
| LMA | 2(0.6%) | 0(0%) | |||
| Endotracheal tube | 25(7.8%) | 0(0%) | |||
| Unknown \ Other | 1(0.3%) | 0(0%) | |||
| ISS | 14.9 ± 12.1 | 10.6 ± 7.1 | 0.001> | 4.7(2.4–9.2) | |
| ISS > 15 | 126(39.6%) | 34(23.6%) | 0.001> | 2.1(1.3–3.3) | |
| NISS | 18.8 ± 15.2 | 13.5 ± 10.2 | 0.001> | 5.2 (2.8–7.6) | |
| GCS | 13.1 ± 3.6 | 14.5 ± 1.3 | 0.001> | 1.4 (0.9–1.8) | |
| RTS | 7.3 ± 1 | 7.6 ± 0.4 | 0.001> | 0.3 (0.2–0.4) | |
| Probability of survival | 93.9 | 97.6 | 0.001> | 3.7 (1.6–5.8) | |
| Probability of survival ≤ 95% | 49( 15.3%) | 11(7.6%) | 0.001> | ||
| Emergency operations | 37(11.6%) | 8 (5.6%) | 0.042 | 2.2 (1.01–4.9) | |
| Critical Procedures in the ED | |||||
| Chest tube | 28(8.8%) | 2(1.4%) | 0.003 | 6.8(1.6–29.0) | |
| Endotracheal intubation | 47(14.7%) | 8(5.6%) | 0.005 | 2.9 (1.3–6.3) | |
| Receiving blood products | 52(16.3%) | 9(6.3%) | 0.003 | 2.9(1.3–6.1) | |
| Need for mechanical ventilation | 90(28.2%) | 11(7.6%) | 0.001> | 4.7(2.4–9.2) | |
| ICU Admission | 121(37.9%) | 30(20.8%) | 0.001> | 2.3 (1.4–3.6) | |
| Hospital LOS | 9.7 ± 16.9 | 5.7 ± 7.9 | 0.001> | 3.9(1.7–6.2) | |