Table 3.
Assessment, drugs administered and treatment outcome comparing White and non‐White patients with suspected cardiac chest pain attended by ambulance
| Measure | Ethnic group | P‐value (chi‐squared test) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non‐White | White | ||
| n = 164 (%) | n = 4661 (%) | ||
| Assessment | |||
| Pain score before treatment | 132 (80.5) | 3745 (80.3) | 0.97 |
| Pain score after treatment | 124 (75.6) | 3499 (75.1) | 0.88 |
| Two pain scores | 119 (72.6) | 3449 (74.0) | 0.65 |
| Temperature | 127 (77.4) | 3252 (69.8) | 0.035 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 139 (84.8) | 3810 (81.7) | 0.33 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 139 (84.8) | 3819 (81.9) | 0.36 |
| Respiratory rate | 144 (87.8) | 3947 (84.7) | 0.27 |
| Blood glucose | 129 (78.7) | 3233 (69.4) | 0.011 |
| Oxygen saturation | 140 (85.4) | 3761 (80.7) | 0.14 |
| ECG | 8 (4.9) | 143 (3.1) | 0.19 |
| Cannulation | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.0) | 0.85 |
| Drugs administered | |||
| Aspirin | 23 (14.0) | 405 (8.7) | 0.018 |
| Nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) | 9 (5.5) | 413 (8.9) | 0.13 |
| Entonox | 2 (1.2) | 80 (1.7) | 0.63 |
| Morphine | 1 (0.6) | 85 (1.8) | 0.25 |
| Treatment outcome | |||
| Transported to hospital | 153 (93.3) | 4401 (94.4) | 0.54 |
| Treated and discharged | 3 (1.8) | 62 (1.3) | 0.59 |
| Referred to primary care | 1 (0.6) | 29 (0.6) | 0.98 |
| Refused treatment | 0 (0.0) | 5 (0.1) | 0.68 |
| Not treated | 1 (0.6) | 5 (0.1) | 0.073 |
Totals do not equal 4825 because of missing ethnicity data in some cases.