Table 2.
Emergency department and post-admission outcomes of EMS-transported severe external-cause injuries according to recorded injury intent (N = 230,302)
| Intentional (N = 55,513) |
Unintentional (N = 174,789) |
P-value | SMD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome in the ED, N (%) | < 0.001 | 0.323 | ||
| Survival-to-discharge | 18,110 (32.6) | 77,015 (44.1) | ||
| Survival-to-transfer | 5,633 (10.1) | 18,636 (10.7) | ||
| Survival-to-admission | 20,867 (37.6) | 62,028 (35.5) | ||
| Death in the ED | 10,903 (19.6) | 17,110 (9.8) | ||
|
ICU admission among admitted patients, N (%) |
14,940 (71.6) | 31,159 (50.2) | < 0.001 | 0.449 |
|
Surgery or TAE performed among admitted patients, N (%) |
3,304 (15.8) | 27,775 (44.8) | < 0.001 | 0.664 |
| Time taken from the ED to surgery, hours (Median (IQR)) | 7.6 (2.3–43.9) | 18.4 (4.1–95) | < 0.001 | 0.146 |
| Time taken from the ED to TAE, hours (Median (IQR)) | 2.8 (1.9–4.7) | 2.7 (1.7–4.6) | 0.224 | 0.106 |
| Result after admission, N (%) | (N = 20,867) | (N = 62,028) | < 0.001 | 0.036 |
| Survival to discharge | 18,818 (90.2) | 55,266 (89.1) | ||
| Death | 2,049 (9.8) | 6,762 (10.9) | ||
| Result after ED, N (%) | < 0.001 | 0.252 | ||
| Survival | 36,928 (66.5) | 132,281 (75.7) | ||
| Death | 12,952 (23.3) | 23,872 (13.7) | ||
| Transfer to other institution | 5,633 (10.1) | 18,636 (10.7) |
ED = Emergency department; ICU = Intensive care unit;
TAE = Trans-catheter arterial embolization
SMD = Standardized mean difference