Table 2.
Patient's demographics and backgrounds
| Number | On-scene time (min) Median (IQR) |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 11 585 | 17 (13–23) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| 15–65 | 3446 | 17 (13–24) | <0.001 |
| 65–85 | 5261 | 17 (13–23) | |
| 85+ | 2878 | 17 (13–24) | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 6627 | 17 (13–23) | <0.001 |
| Female | 4958 | 18 (13–24) | |
| Day of week | |||
| Weekday | 8249 | 17 (13–23) | 0.86 |
| Weekend | 3336 | 17 (13–23) | |
| Time of the day | |||
| Night shift | 2676 | 18 (13–24) | <0.001 |
| Day shift | 4792 | 17 (13–22) | |
| Evening shift | 4117 | 17 (13–23) | |
| Geographical area | |||
| North | 2293 | 19 (15–27) | <0.001 |
| Middle | 5035 | 18 (13–24) | |
| South | 4257 | 15 (12–20) | |
| Disease name as diagnosed at emergency departments | |||
| Cardiopulmonary arrest | 3678 | 15 (12–19) | <0.001 |
| External cause | |||
| Trauma | 1164 | 22 (16–31) | <0.001 |
| Burn injury | 43 | 23 (18–30) | <0.001 |
| Intoxication | 160 | 23 (18–30) | <0.001 |
| Other external cause* | 163 | 18 (14–24) | 0.26 |
| Internal cause | |||
| Central neurological disease | 1536 | 18 (14–23) | <0.001 |
| Respiratory disease | 1436 | 18 (14–25) | <0.001 |
| Cardiovascular disease | 1431 | 16 (12–22) | <0.001 |
| Gastrointestinal disease | 756 | 18 (14–25) | <0.001 |
| Renal and urogenital disease | 85 | 17 (13–20) | 0.88 |
| Other internal disease† | 1142 | 19 (15–26) | <0.001 |
| Minor disease‡ | 172 | 20 (14–29) | <0.001 |
*Other external causes include heat stroke, hypothermia, hanging, asphyxia, drowning and foreign body in an airway.
†Other internal causes included disturbance of consciousness and shock of unknown origin, haematological disease, immunological disease, endocrine metabolic disease and neuromuscular disease.
‡Minor diseases included eye disease, skin disease, nose and throat disease, obstetrical and gynaecological disease, psychiatric disorders, breast disease and orthopaedic disease (except trauma).