Table 1.
Demographic and clinical variables for intubated and non-intubated patients included in this analysis.
| Parameter | Intubation cohort | Non-intubation cohort | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of subjects [#] | 758 | 797 | |
| Age in years [mean(sd)] | 42.1 (19.1) | 43.5 (19.3) | 0.16 |
| missing [#] | 0 | 0 | |
| Male [%] | 75.1 | 76.5 | 0.56 |
| missing [#] | 2 | 0 | |
| Mechanism | |||
| Blunt [%] | 77.3 | 82.7 | 0.008 |
| Penetrating [%] | 18.7 | 12.7 | 0.001 |
| Other [%] | 4.0 | 4.6 | 0.51 |
| Missing [#] | 0 | 0 | |
| Prehospital airway | |||
| ET [%] | 99.6 | 0.0 | <0.0001 |
| RSI [%] | 23.9 | ||
| Cricothyrotomy [%] | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.007 |
| Supraglottic [%] | 4.0 | 3.8 | 0.90 |
| Missing [#] | 0 | 0 | |
| Prehospital times | |||
| Response [mean(sd)] | 6.4 (4.3) | 6.6 (5.3) | 0.52 |
| missing [#] | 36 | 21 | |
| Scene [mean(sd)] | 25.2 (13.8) | 19.5 (10.9) | <0.0001 |
| missing [#] | 53 | 52 | |
| Transport [mean(sd)] | 13.5 (11.9) | 10.7 (8.5) | <0.0001 |
| missing [#] | 72 | 73 | |
| Initial GCS [mean(sd)] | 4.3 (2.2) | 5.4 (2.9) | <0.0001 |
| missing [#] | 7 | 13 | |
| Initial SBP<90 [%] | 28.9 | 17.4 | <0.0001 |
| missing [#] | 183 | 124 | |
| Mortality [%] | 57.3 | 33.6 | <0.0001 |
| missing [#] | 0 | 0 | |