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. 2016 May 20;24:75. doi: 10.1186/s13049-016-0270-z

Table 2.

Absolute numbers and percentages of people rescued from distress at sea in the defined categories of vital signs (Categorised values of pulse rate (PR), core body temperature (CBT) and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2))

Category
PR [/min] ≤39 40-49 50-59 60-80 81-120 121-150 ≥151 Missing data
Healthy participants 0 (0.0 %) 1 (0.1 %) 5 (0.3 %) 174 (9.0 %) 1027 (53.0 %) 344 (17.7 %) 31 (1.6 %) 717 (27.0 %)
Sick patients 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %) 1 (0.1 %) 32 (1.7 %) 200 (10.3 %) 101 (5.2 %) 23 (1.2 %)
CBT [°C] ≤34.9 35.0-35.9 36.0-37.5 37.6-39.0 ≥39.1 Missing data
Healthy participants 37 (1.7 %) 246 (11.1 %) 1384 (62.4 %) 160 (7.2 %) 3 (0.1 %) 439 (16.5 %)
Sick patients 7 (0.3 %) 30 (1.4 %) 247 (11.1 %) 100 (4.5 %) 3 (0.1 %)
SpO2 [%] ≤84 85-89 90-95 96-100 Missing data
Healthy participants 6 (0.3 %) 33 (1.7 %) 76 (3.9 %) 1469 (75.7 %) 716 (27.0 %)
Sick patients 0 (0.0 %) 12 (0.6 %) 12 (0.6 %) 332 (17.1 %)