Table 4.

Type of intravenous fluid delivered to patients during their prehospital treatment and transfer to hospital

Fluids	N (%)
Total	729 (100)
Single type of fluid
0.9% saline	464 (63.6)
Hartmann’s	31 (4.3)
PRBCs	10 (1.4)
Hypertonic saline	4 (0.5)
10% dextrose	1 (0.1)
Multiple types of fluid
0.9% saline and hypertonic saline	20 (2.7)
0.9% saline and PRBCs	4 (0.5)
0.9% saline and Hartmann’s	1 (0.1)
Hartmann’s and PRBCs	1 (0.1)
PRBCs and FFP	1 (0.1)
No fluids	192 (26.3)

FFP, fresh frozen plasma; PRBC, packed red blood cells.