Table 3.
Adherence to the RETTS-p
| Full triage n = 245 | Non-full triage n = 406 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age - year (25th, 75th percentile) | |||
| Median | 6 (2,12) | 2 (1,7) | < 0.001 |
| Gender - n(%) | |||
| Female | 109 (44.5) | 171 (42.1) | 0.568 |
| Dispatcher priority - n(%) | 0.862 | ||
| Priority 1 | 170 (69.4) | 279 (68.7) | |
| Priority 2 | 70 (28.6) | 118 (29.1) | |
| Priority 3 | 5 (2.0) | 9 (2.2) | |
| EMS nurse assessment - n(%) | |||
| Non-conveyed | 55 (22.4) | 142 (35.0) | 0.001 |
| Renewed contact within 72ha | 5 (9.1) | 11 (7.7) | 0.795 |
| EMS nurse triage level according to RETTS-p - n(%) (0, 146)b | 0.607 | ||
| Red | 15 (6.1) | 25 (6.2) | |
| Orange | 56 (22.9) | 57 (14.0) | |
| Yellow | 116 (47.3) | 97 (23.9) | |
| Green | 58 (23.7) | 81 (20.0) | |
| Drug administration - n(%) | |||
| EMS nurse administration | 101 (41.2) | 129 (31.8) | 0.015 |
| pED administrationc | 34 (17.9) | 39 (14.8) | 0.372 |
| EMS nurse and pED administrationd | 41 (21.6) | 61 (23.1) | 0.701 |
| Management pED - n(%) | |||
| No intervention ⇒ discharged | 53 (27.9) | 91 (34.5) | 0.153 |
| Intervention prescription/min. surgery/x-ray ⇒ discharged | 85 (44.7) | 102 (38.6) | 0.209 |
| Admission to in-patient care | 52 (27.4) | 71 (26.9) | 0.915 |
| Days of in-patient care - n | |||
| Mean (SD) | 3.3 (6.1) | 3.4 (4.7) | 0.095 |
| Median (25th,75th percentile) | 2 (1,3) | 2 (1,4) | 0.674 |
| ICD-10 Codes - n(%)e (69, 170)b | |||
| (S,T) Injury, poisoning and certain other consequnces of external causes | 41 (23.4) | 85 (35.9) | 0.007 |
| Fractures | 8 (19.5) | 14 (16.5) | |
| Superficial injuries | 2 (4.9) | 16 (18.8) | |
| (R) Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings | 53 (30.3) | 54 (22.8) | 0.090 |
| Convulsions, not elsewhere classified | 25 (47.2) | 35 (64.8) | |
| Unspecific abdominal pain | 10 (18.9) | 3 (5.5) | |
| (J) Diseases of the respiratory system | 23 (13.1) | 33 (13.9) | 0.885 |
| Acute obstructive laryngitis | 6 (26.1) | 11 (33.3) | |
| Acute upper respiratory infections | 5 (21.7) | 10 (30.3) | |
| (A,B) Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 16 (9.1) | 22 (9.3) | 0.999 |
| Viralinfection of unspecified site | 7 (43.8) | 15 (68.2) | |
| Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified | 4 (25.0) | 6 (27.3) | |
| Mortality - n (%) | |||
| < 30 days | 1 (0.4) | 4 (0.9) | 0.655 |
aPatients initially non-conveyed
bMissing triage level and diagnose code for full triage and non-full triage
cAdministration of drugs in the pED identical to drugs in the ambulance and not administrated in the ambulance
dAdministration of drugs in the ambulance and follow up dose or additional drugs in the pED identical to the drugs in the ambulance
eThe five most common diagnose groups of patients transported to the pED