Table 2.
Patient assessment and association with age
| Age ≤ 3 years n = 335 | Age > 3 years n = 316 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender - n(%) | |||
| Female | 133 (39.7) | 147 (46.5) | 0.030 |
| Dispatcher priority - n(%) | <0.001 | ||
| Priority 1 | 253 (75.5) | 196 (62.0) | |
| Priority 2 | 75 (22.4) | 113 (35.8) | |
| Priority 3 | 7 (2.1) | 7 (2.2) | |
| Dispatch classification indexa - n(%) | |||
| Respiratory distress | 102 (30.4) | 38 (12.0) | <0.001 |
| Fever | 64 (19.1) | 25 (7.9) | <0.001 |
| Convulsions ongoing/ terminated | 49 (14.6) | 25 (7.9) | 0.146 |
| Major trauma high energy/ large bleeding/ headinjury | 32 (9.6) | 36 (11.4) | 0.243 |
| Minor trauma exremity/ wound/ fracture | 19 (5.7) | 48 (15.2) | <0.001 |
| Time of day - n(%) | 0.015 | ||
| 08:00-16:00 | 103 (30.7) | 118 (37.3) | |
| 16:00-24:00 | 166 (49.6) | 151 (47.8) | |
| 24:00-08:00 | 66 (19.7) | 47 (14.9) | |
| Medical historyb - n(%) | |||
| No medical history | 230 (68.7) | 199 (63.0) | 0.015 |
| Common cold with asthma/ asthma | 25 (7.5) | 17 (5.4) | 0.954 |
| Congenital disability | 15 (4.5) | 27 (8.5) | 0.159 |
| Febrile non-epileptical convulsions, absences | 24 (7.2) | 7 (2.2) | 0.168 |
| Allergies | 11 (3.3) | 15 (4.7) | 0.178 |
| Primary vital signs - median (25th, 75th percentile) | |||
| Respiratory rate/min (164, 75)c | 30 (24,40) | 20 (16,22) | <0.001 |
| Saturation % (103, 40) | 98 (97,100) | 99 (98,100) | 0.001 |
| Pulse rate/min (113, 40) | 140 (120,160) | 98 (83,117) | <0.001 |
| Temperature °C (126, 93) | 37.5 (36.7,38.8) | 37.1 (36.7,37.8) | <0.001 |
| Level of consciousness according to RETTS-p - n(%) (58, 49) | <0.001 | ||
| Alert | 204 (73.6) | 234 (87.7) | |
| Tired/ Crummy | 47 (17.0) | 15 (5.6) | |
| GCS 11-13 | 19 (6.9) | 12 (4.5) | |
| GCS ≤ 10/ Ongoing seizure | 7 (2.5) | 6 (2.2) | |
| EMS nurse triage level according to RETTS-p - n(%) (99, 47)c | 0.134 | ||
| Red | 19 (8.1) | 21 (7.8) | |
| Orange | 52 (22.0) | 61 (22.7) | |
| Yellow | 93 (39.4) | 120 (44.6) | |
| Green | 72 (30.5) | 67 (24.9) | |
| Assessed condition according to RETTS-pd - n(%) (100,47)c | |||
| Trauma (head, thorax, extremity, burn) | 35 (14.9) | 82 (30.5) | <0.001 |
| Respiratory difficulty (dyspnoea, shortness of breath) | 64 (27.2) | 22 (8.2) | <0.001 |
| Convulsions | 55 (23.4) | 26 (9.7) | 0.002 |
| Fever | 29 (12.4) | 17 (6.3) | 0.023 |
| Abdominal pain | 5 (2.1) | 35 (13.0) | <0.001 |
| EMS nurse Assessment - n(%) | |||
| Assessed to pED | 223 (66.6) | 231 (73.1) | 0.002 |
| Renewed contact within 72he | 10 (8.9) | 6 (7.1) | 0.511 |
| Drug administration - n(%)f | |||
| EMS nurse administration | 114 (34.0) | 116 (36.7) | 0.085 |
| Antipyretics | 42 (12.5) | 43 (13.6) | 0.198 |
| Local anesthetics | 18 (5.4) | 25 (7.9) | 0.092 |
| Oxygen | 18 (5.4) | 12 (3.8) | 0.292 |
| Analgesics | 3 (0.9) | 26 (8.2) | <0.001 |
| Steroids | 16 (4.8) | 17 (5.4) | 0.441 |
| Mortality - n(%) | |||
| < 30 days | 3 (0.9) | 2 (0.6) | 0.404 |
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 ≤ 3 year and over 3 years respectively
dThe most common assessed conditions according to RETTS-p
ePatients initially non-conveyed that visited the pED within 72 hours
fThe most common administered drugs, a patient could have been administered more than one