Table 1.
Children allocated to pED or non-conveyed
| Assessed to pED n = 454 | Non-conveyed n = 197 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age - year (25th, 75th percentile) | |||
| Median | 4 (1,11) | 2 (1,7) | 0.002 |
| Gender - n(%) | |||
| Female | 194 (42.7) | 86 (43.7) | 0.863 |
| Dispatcher priority - n(%) | <0.001 | ||
| Priority 1 | 336 (74.0) | 113 (57.3) | |
| Priority 2 | 113 (24.9) | 75 (38.1) | |
| Priority 3 | 5 (1.1) | 9 (4.6) | |
| Dispatch classification indexa - n(%) | |||
| Respiratory distress | 89 (19.6) | 51 (25.9) | 0.078 |
| Fever | 55 (12.1) | 34 (17.3) | 0.083 |
| Convulsions ongoing/ terminated | 63 (13.9) | 11 (5.6) | 0.002 |
| Major trauma high energy/ large bleeding/ headinjury | 54 (11.9) | 14 (7.1) | 0.071 |
| Minor trauma extremity/ wound/ fracture | 46 (10.1) | 21 (10.7) | 0.888 |
| Time of day - n(%) | 0.034 | ||
| 08:00-16:00 | 163 (35.9) | 58 (29.5) | |
| 16:00-24:00 | 221 (48.7) | 96 (48.7) | |
| 24:00-08:00 | 70 (15.4) | 43 (21.8) | |
| Medical historyb - n(%) | |||
| No medical history | 297 (65.4) | 132 (67.0) | 0.720 |
| Asthma, common cold with asthma | 27 (5.9) | 15 (7.6) | 0.487 |
| Congenital disability | 30 (6.6) | 12 (6.1) | 0.864 |
| Febrile non-epileptical convulsions, absences | 24 (5.3) | 7 (3.6) | 0.425 |
| Allergies | 18 (4.0) | 8 (4.1) | 0.999 |
| Vital signs - median (25th, 75th percentile) | |||
| Respiratory rate/min (141, 98)c | 22 (18,30) | 22 (20,29) | 0.800 |
| Saturation % (71, 72) | 98 (97,100) | 99 (98,100) | 0.003 |
| Pulse rate/min (79, 74) | 117 (90,140) | 115 (95,140) | 0.858 |
| Temperature °C (133, 86) | 37.3 (36.7,38.4) | 37.2 (36.7,38.1) | 0.880 |
| Level of consciousness according to RETTS-p - n(%) (81, 26) | <0.001 | ||
| Alert | 276 (74.0) | 162 (94.7) | |
| Tired/ Crummy | 54 (14.5) | 8 (4.7) | |
| GCS 11-13 | 30 (8.0) | 1 (0.6) | |
| GCS ≤ 10/ Ongoing seizure | 13 (3.5) | 0 | |
| EMS nurse triage level according to RETTS-p - n(%) (64, 82)c | <0.001 | ||
| Red | 40 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Orange | 109 (27.9) | 4 (3.4) | |
| Yellow | 179 (45.9) | 34 (29.6) | |
| Green | 62 (15.9) | 77 (67.0) | |
| Assessed condition according to RETTS-pd - n(%) (64, 83)c | |||
| Trauma (head, thorax, extremity, burn) | 100 (25.6) | 17 (14.9) | <0.001 |
| Respiratory difficulty (dyspnoea, Shortness of breath) | 58 (14.9) | 28 (24.6) | 0.023 |
| Convulsion | 76 (19.5) | 5 (4.4) | < 0.001 |
| Fever | 26 (6.7) | 20 (17.5) | 0.001 |
| Abdominal pain | 30 (7.7) | 10 (8.8) | 0.696 |
| Drug administration - n(%)e | |||
| EMS nurse drug administration | 204 (44.9) | 26 (13.2) | < 0.001 |
| Antipyretics | 74 (16.3) | 11 (5.6) | < 0.001 |
| Local anesthetics | 43 (9.5) | 0 | < 0.001 |
| Oxygen | 29 (6.4) | 1 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
| Analgetics | 29 (6.4) | 0 | < 0.001 |
| Steroids | 25 (5.5) | 8 (4.1) | 0.561 |
| Mortality - n(%) | |||
| < 30 days | 5 (1.1) | 0 | 0.330 |
aDispatch index can consist of one or two indexes
bThe most common medical history, a patient can have more than one condition
cMissing vital signs, triage level and assessed condition for children assessed to pED and non-conveyed respectively
dThe most common assessed conditions according to RETTS-p
eThe most common administered drugs, a patient could have been administered more than one