Table 2.
Occurrence of severe and mild UNSEMsa by patient and call characteristics among 378 code-3 ambulance transports of pediatric patients
| Characteristics | Total Transports n |
One or More Severe UNSEMsa n (%) |
One or More Mild UNSEMsa n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient Characteristic | |||
| Age | |||
| 0–28 days | 16 (4.2) | 6 (9.8) | 6 (3.0) |
| 29 days – 11 months | 39 (10.3) | 16 (26.2) | 15 (7.5) |
| 12–24 months | 138 (36.5) | 16 (26.2) | 84 (41.8) |
| 25 months – 11 years | 61 (16.1) | 10 (16.4) | 29 (14.4) |
| 12–17 years | 124 (32.8) | 13 (21.3) | 67 (33.3) |
| Genderb | |||
| Male | 153 (40.5) | 23 (37.7) | 114 (56.7) |
| Female | 224 (59.3) | 29 (39.7) 37 (60.7) | 87 (43.3) |
| Reason for Dispatch | |||
| Trauma | 158 (41.8) | 15 (24.6) | 95 (47.3) |
| Seizure or ALOCc | 95 (25.1) | 12 (19.7) | 51 (25.4) |
| Respiratory Distress | 44 (11.6) | 9 (14.8) | 22 (11.0) |
| Cardiorespiratory Arrest | 32 (8.5) | 21 (34.4) | 7 (3.5) |
| Poisoning/Ingestion/ Intoxication | 25 (6.6) | 1 (1.6) | 13 (6.5) |
| Other (including Birth/Delivery) | 6 (1.59) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.0) |
| Pain (non-trauma) | 8 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (3.0) |
| Allergic Reaction/Anaphylaxis | 10 (2.6) | 3 (4.9) | 3 (1.5) |
| EMS Scene Cared | |||
| Fire and Ambulance | 198 (52.4) | 37 (60.7) | 104 (51.7) |
| Ambulance Only | 180 (47.6) | 24 (39.3) | 97 (48.3) |
| Total | 378 | 61 | 201 |
a
UNSEM = A patient safety event involving: Unintended injury or consequence; Near miss; Suboptimal action; Error; or Management complication
b
In 2 charts, gender of patient was not recorded.
c
ALOC = altered level of consciousness
d
Fire Department units respond to each call, however, the ambulance units can elect to waive them off. If no Fire Department chart was available, it was assumed that the Fire Department responders provided no patient care or interventions.