Table 1.

Emergency procedures for 142 out of a total of 441 included trauma patients admitted at the University Hospital of North Norway Tromsø during 2006-2007

Procedure	Number of patients receiving the procedure
Endotracheal intubation (percentage of total)	98 (22%)
Chest tube insertion (percentage of total)	60 (14%)
Hemostatic surgery in the abdomen (percentage of total)	10 (2.3%)
Hemostatic surgery in the pelvis with packing (percentage of total)	1 (0.2%)
Thoracotomy (percentage of total)	5 (1.1%)
Primary stabilization of fractures with external fixation (percentage of total)	22 (5.0%)