Table 2.
Breakdown of EMS responses by chief complaint.
| CC | Freq. | Percent | Cum. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal Pain (Medical) | 284 | 1.95 | 1.95 |
| Allergic Reaction | 105 | 0.72 | 2.67 |
| Altered Mental Status | 329 | 2.26 | 4.93 |
| Animal Bites/Stings | 138 | 0.95 | 5.88 |
| Assault | 779 | 5.35 | 11.23 |
| Back-Pain (Medical) | 68 | 0.47 | 11.70 |
| Bleeding (Medical) | 128 | 0.88 | 12.58 |
| Burn | 83 | 0.57 | 13.15 |
| Cardiac | 156 | 1.07 | 14.22 |
| Cardiac Arrest | 4 | 0.03 | 14.25 |
| Catheter Complications | 5 | 0.03 | 14.28 |
| Chest Pain (ACS) | 272 | 1.87 | 16.15 |
| Chest Pain (Non-Cardiac) | 306 | 2.10 | 18.25 |
| Choking | 296 | 2.03 | 20.28 |
| Diabetic Emergency | 1,108 | 7.61 | 27.90 |
| Dizziness | 249 | 1.71 | 29.61 |
| Electrocution/Lightning | 19 | 0.13 | 29.74 |
| Environmental Cold/Heat | 140 | 0.96 | 30.70 |
| Eye Problems | 51 | 0.35 | 31.05 |
| Hazardous Material Exposure | 57 | 0.39 | 31.44 |
| Headache | 174 | 1.20 | 32.63 |
| Mental health/Psychiatric Illness | 669 | 4.60 | 37.23 |
| Near Drowning | 3 | 0.02 | 37.25 |
| OB-GYN Problems | 37 | 0.25 | 37.51 |
| Other… | 952 | 6.54 | 44.04 |
| Pain | 739 | 5.08 | 49.12 |
| Poisoning/Overdose/Ingestion | 416 | 2.86 | 51.98 |
| Pregnancy/Childbirth | 22 | 0.15 | 52.13 |
| Respiratory Arrest | 2 | 0.01 | 52.14 |
| Respiratory Distress | 883 | 6.07 | 58.21 |
| Seizures/Convulsions | 737 | 5.06 | 63.27 |
| Sick Person | 1,114 | 7.65 | 70.92 |
| Stroke/CVA/TIA | 54 | 0.37 | 71.29 |
| Syncope/Near Syncope | 960 | 6.59 | 77.89 |
| Trauma-Abdominal | 33 | 0.23 | 78.12 |
| Trauma-Altered Mental Status | 24 | 0.16 | 78.28 |
| Trauma-Breathing Problems | 5 | 0.03 | 78.31 |
| Trauma-Chest | 75 | 0.52 | 78.83 |
| Trauma-Multisystem | 29 | 0.20 | 79.03 |
| Trauma-Penetrating | 83 | 0.57 | 79.60 |
| Trauma-Other | 2,494 | 17.13 | 96.73 |
| Unconscious | 12 | 0.08 | 96.81 |
| Unresponsive | 21 | 0.14 | 96.96 |
| Weakness | 443 | 3.04 | 100.00 |
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| Total | 14,558 | 100.00 | |