TABLE 4.
Procedures performed in Frontier and Remote (FAR) and Non-FAR EMS responses.
| Not FAR | FAR | Odds Ratio | 95% CI | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Procedure | (n=14,025,302) | (n=983,286) | ||||
| n | n/1000 | n | n/1000 | |||
| Total | 5,983,185 | 42.8 | 585,956 | 59.6 | 1.97 | (1.97–1.98) |
| Therapeutic Interventions (wound care, splinting, etc) | 867,174 | 61.8 | 87,395 | 88.9 | 1.48 | (1.47–1.49) |
| Monitoring (pulse oximetry, ECG, blood glucose) | 4,483,384 | 319.7 | 470,367 | 478.4 | 1.95 | (1.94–1.96) |
| Critical (venous access, CPR, etc) | 3,260,822 | 232.5 | 335,722 | 341.4 | 1.71 | (1.70–1.72) |
| Airway (intubation, cricothyrotomy, oxygen, etc) | 634,185 | 45.2 | 49,574 | 50.4 | 1.12 | (1.11–1.13) |
| Movement (patient loaded, off-loaded, etc) | 251,344 | 17.9 | 43,007 | 43.7 | 2.51 | (2.48–2.53) |
| Medical Activation (specialty center activation) | 17,214 | 1.2 | 689 | 0.7 | 0.57 | (0.53–0.62) |
| Service Activation (Hazmat, fire, SWAT, etc) | 5,614 | 0.4 | 2,605 | 2.6 | 6.63 | (6.33–6.95) |
| Rescue | 27,859 | 2.0 | 3,108 | 3.2 | 1.59 | (1.54–1.65) |
| Restraint | 26,605 | 1.9 | 1,254 | 1.3 | 0.67 | (0.64–0.71) |
| No Procedure | 7,995,215 | 570.1 | 396,624 | 403.4 | 0.51 | (0.51–0.51) |