Table 1.
Reasons for dispatch by pediatric patient age group among 378 code-3 ambulance transports
| Reason for Dispatcha | Age of patient | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–28 d n (%)b |
29 d-11 m n (%)b |
12 m-5 y n (%)b |
6–11 y n (%)b |
12–18 y n (%)b |
Total 0–18 y n (%)c |
|
| Trauma | 1 (0.6) | 5 (3.2) | 47 (29.8) | 27 (17.1) | 78 (49.4) |
158 (41.8) |
| Seizure or ALOC | 0 (0.0) | 8 (8.2) | 53 (55.8) | 21 (22.1) | 13 (13.7) | 95 (25.1) |
| Respiratory distress | 5 (11.4) | 5 (11.4) | 22 (50.0) | 9 (20.4) | 3 (6.8) | 44 (11.6) |
| Cardio and/or respiratory arrest | 5 (15.6) | 18 (56.2) | 4 (12.5) | 1 (3.13) | 4 (12.5) | 32 (8.4) |
| Poisoning, ingestion, intoxication | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 8 (32.0) | 2 (8.0) | 15 (60.0) | 25 (6.6) |
| Other (including birth or delivery) | 4 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (33.3) | 6 (1.6) |
| Pain (non-trauma) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (87.5) | 8 (2.1) |
| Allergic reaction or anaphylaxis | 1 (10.0) | 3 (30.0) | 3 (30.0) | 1 (10.0) | 2 (20.0) | 10 (2.6) |
| Total | 16 | 39 | 138 | 61 | 124 | 378 |
a
Reason for Dispatch (Chief Complaint)
b
Percent of total for row
c
Percent of total for column