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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Jul 1;75(1):S9–S15. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318290cd52

Table 4. Life saving intervention data from 1200 PROMMTT patients by pre-hospital IVF status.

On-scene IVF group(n = 1009) No IVF group(n = 191) p
Life-saving intervention 418 (41%) 38 (20%) < 0.01
 CPR 18 (2%) 5 (3%) 0.53
 Intubation 385 (38%) 27 (14%) < 0.01
 Cardioversion 1 (0.1%) 1 (0.5%) 0.30
 Needle thoracentesis 51 (5%) 8 (4%) 0.64
 Crycothyroidotomy 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0.41
 Tourniquet 2 (0.2%) 1 (0.5%) 0.39
Emergency Department
Life-saving intervention 489 (48%) 103 (54%) 0.35
 CPR 48 (5%) 5 (3%) 0.38
 Intubation* 13 (2%) 1 (0.6%) 0.2
 Cardioversion 6 (0.6%) 0 (0%) 0.51
 Needle thoracentesis 8 (0.8%) 4 (2%) 0.23
 Cricothyroidotomy 5 (0.5%) 0 (0%) 0.57
 Tourniquet 33 (3%) 9 (5%) 0.56
 Chest thoracentesis 280 (28%) 49 (26%) 0.76
 Pericardiocentesis 2 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 0.75
 Thoracotomy 19 (2%) 4 (2%) 0.89
 Traction splint 48 (5%) 8 (4%) 0.86
 ICP/Ventriculostomy 8 (1%) 1 (0.5%) 0.84
 Massive transfusion 344 (34%) 62 (32%) 0.31

Significant difference: p ≤ 0.05

*

Among patients not intubated on-scene, IVF group (n = 614), and no IVF group (n = 161)