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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prehosp Emerg Care. 2017 Oct 12;22(3):290–299. doi: 10.1080/10903127.2017.1371261

Table 5.

Multivariate predictors of observing at least one severe UNSEMa in code-3 ambulance transports of pediatric patientsb

Patient and Call Characteristics Odds Ratio 95% CI P Value
Age
 0–28 days 4.09 0.92 – 15.8 0.05
 29 days – 11 months 3.33 1.25 – 8.68 0.02
 12–24 months 0.86 0.33 −2.11 0.75
 25 months – 11 years 1.37 0.48 – 3.63 0.54
Gender
 Male 1.21 1.04 – 2.36 0.54
Interventions Performed
 Any resuscitation 3.10 1.16 – 8.28 0.02
 Any medication 1.58 0.70 – 3.45 0.27
 Any fluid given 1.00 0.44 – 2.08 0.99
 Any airway management 1.92 0.64 – 6.24 0.27
 Other procedure 1.89 0.98 – 3.60 0.06
a

UNSEM = A patient safety event involving: Unintended injury or consequence; Near miss; Suboptimal action; Error; or Management complication

b

378 observations; pseudo R-squared = 0.18