Table 1. Major reasons/complaints for calling an ambulance.
Before ambulance arrival | After discharge from the scene | ||||
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Categories | Number | % | Number | Difference in number | % reduction |
Trauma | 67 | 7.2 | 24 | 43 | 64 |
Toxic | 31 | 3.3 | 20 | 11 | 35 |
Neurology | 212 | 22.7 | 14 | 198 | 93 |
Circulation | 138 | 14.8 | 50 | 88 | 36 |
Medical | 337 | 36 | 247 | 90 | 26 |
Respiratory | 131 | 14 | 56 | 75 | 57 |
Surgery | 13 | 1.4 | 6 | 7 | 54 |
Psychiatry | 6 | 0.6 | 1 | 5 | 83 |