TABLE 3.

Provider clinical impression and injuries for Frontier and Remote (FAR) and Non-FAR EMS responses.

	Not FAR		FAR		Odds Ratio	95.00% CI
Clinical Impression or Injury	(n=14,025,302)		(n=983,286)
	n	Col %	n	Col %
Traumatic Injury	1,607,517	23.4	118,551	21.8	1.06	(1.05–1.07)
Altered level of consciousness, syncope, seizure, and diabetic emergencies (hypoglycemia)	1,491,269	21.7	127,163	23.4	1.25	(1.24–1.26)
Chest pain and cardiac conditions	867,540	12.6	73,567	13.6	1.23	(1.22–1.24)
Airway obstruction, respiratory distress	795,483	11.6	66,613	12.3	1.21	(1.20–1.22)
Abdominal pain/problems	748,667	10.9	57,287	10.6	1.10	(1.09–1.11)
Behavioral/psychiatric disorder	485,942	7.1	25,223	4.7	0.73	(0.72–0.74)
Poisonings and environmental emergencies	426,157	6.2	30,158	5.6	1.01	(1.00–1.02)
Stroke/cerebrovascular accident	151,364	2.2	14,658	2.7	1.39	(1.36–1.41)
Cardiac arrest	111,409	1.6	9,715	1.8	1.25	(1.22–1.27)
OB/GYN emergency	78,762	1.1	5,342	1.0	0.97	(0.94–1.00)
Obvious death	55,691	0.8	6,340	1.2	1.63	(1.59–1.67)
Hypovolemia/shock	58,681	0.9	7,629	1.4	1.86	(1.82–1.91)
Sexual Assault/Rape	4,084	0.1	726	0.1	2.54	(2.34–2.75)
Unknown	7,142,736	--	440,314	--
Injury
No	8,201,915	77.7	538,954	73.5%
Yes	2,355,325	22.3	194,096	26.5%	1.25	(1.24–1.26)
Not available	3,468,062	--	250,236	--
Cause of Injury
Motor Vehicle accident (including motorized, motorcycle, non- motorized, bicycle, aircraft, and pedestrian traffic)	631,733	34.6	56,565	35.0	1.04	(1.02–1.06)
Environmental and exposure(temperature, lightning, fire/flames, poisoning, radiation, smoke, electrocution)	71,345	3.9	3,647	2.25	0.59	(0.57–0.62)
Falls	825,371	45.1	75,622	46.7	1.06	(1.05–1.08)
Firearm and stabbing (assault, accident, self-inflicted)	70,427	3.9	6,219	3.8	1.03	(1.00–1.06)
Water transport accident and drowning	4,922	0.3	443	0.3	1.05	(0.95–1.15)
Other	224,551	12.3	19,325	11.9	Ref