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. 2024 Aug 28;50(5):2265–2272. doi: 10.1007/s00068-024-02644-2

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)