Table 1.

Summary of baseline patient characteristics.

Age (years, mean ± sd)	60.6 ± 16.5
Male Sex (percent)	52.4
Race (percent)
White/Caucasian	74.8
Black/African/Haitian	17.3
Other/Unknown	7.8
APACHE IV Probability of In-Hospital Mortality (median [q1, q3])	0.12 [0.05, 0.29]
Source of Admission (percent)
ED	42.8
Gen Floor	0.8
ICU	22.5
SDU/Telemetry Unit	0.6
Non-Specific	33.3
Diabetes Mellitus (percent)	25.6
AIDS (percent)	0.3
COPD (percent)
None	78.9
No Limitations	10.8
Moderate	1.1
Severe	9.2
Dialysis (percent)	4.7
Heart Rate (BPM, mean ± sd)	97.7 ± 30.5
Hematocrit (%, mean ± sd)	31.8 ± 7.6
Mean Arterial Pressure (mmHg, mean ± sd)	91.6 ± 37.4
Potassium (mEq/L median [q1, q3])	3.8 [3.4, 4.3]
Respiratory Rate (breaths/min, mean ± sd)	34.2 ± 13.7
Serum Albumin (g/dL, median [q1, q3])	3.1 [2.5, 3.8]
Serum Bicarbonate (mEq/L, median [q1, q3])	22.0 [19.0, 25.0]
Serum Bilirubin mg/dL, median [q1, q3])	0.6 [0.4, 1.1]
Serum BUN (mg/dL, median [q1, q3])	22.0 [14.0, 37.0]
Serum Creatinine (mg/dL, median [q1, q3])	0.9 [0.7, 1.7]
Serum Na (mEq/L, mean ± sd)	137.6 ± 6.1
Serum WBC x 103 cells/μL, median [q1, q3])	10.2 [7.2, 15.8]
Reason For Transport (percent)
Unknown	54.3
Care Not Available	28.5
Protocol (Autolaunch)	8.8
Other	8.4
Time En Route To Completed (min, median [q1, q3])	71.0 [0.0, 103.0]
Time Arrived To Completed (min, median [q1, q3])	52.0 [0.0, 75.0]
Time Departing Facility To Completed (min, median [q1, q3])	31.0 [0.0, 48.0]
Transport Modality (percent)
Adult Ground	21.2
Adult Rotor	17.2
Non CCT Transport	15.1
Adult Fixed Wing	1.1
Unknown/Other	45.4
Hospital Referring Unit (percent)
ED	50.1
ICU	38.7
CCU	2.7
Other/Unknown	8.5
Arterial Line Placed (percent)	14.8
Intubation (percent)	1.7
Central Line Placed (percent)	0.7
Cardiac Assist Device Used (percent)	0.3
Pacer Used (percent)	<0.1