Table 4.

Care processes among community-dwelling patients with sepsis for each level of prehospital care

	No Ambulance Care (n = 101)	Basic Life Support (n = 111)	Advanced Life Support (n = 149)	P Value
Sepsis/infection-related triage diagnosis*	44 (44)	61 (40)	63 (29)	0.019
Door-to-sepsis alert activation, min*	199 (138 to 299)	177 (112 to 281)	103 (60 to 156)	<0.001
Door-to–blood culture, min*	75 (39 to 155)	77 (35 to 164)	43 (19 to 91)	<0.001
Door-to-lactate draw, min*	65 (39 to 156)	61 (35 to 134)	22 (15 to 50)	<0.001
Difference in door-to-antibiotic time if resident physician involved in care, min	−2 (−62 to 59)	−100 (−156 to −43)†	+8 (−32 to 49)	—

Values reported as n (%) or median (interquartile range).

^*Missing values: triage diagnosis, 9; door-to-sepsis alert time, 1; door-to–blood culture time, 13; door-to-lactate time, 1.

^†P < 0.001.