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. 2018 Aug 5;2-3:13–21. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2018.07.001

Table 4.

Care process in all hospitals by financial year 08/09–16/17 – patients with ISS ≥ 9.

Financial year
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 Total
First hospital MTC, n (%) 2789 (32%) 4055 (34%) 5572 (32.6%) 6876 (31%) 9694 (36.8%) 12,588 (40%) 14,139 (40.6%) 15,694 (40%) 16,871 (41%) 88,278 (38%)
Time to arrival, median (IQR) 1.1 (0.8–1.6) 1.2 (0.9–1.7) 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 1.2 (0.8–1.8) 1.4 (1–2.1) 1.5 (1.1–2.2) 1.6 (1.2–2.4) 1.7 (1.2–2.6) 1.8 (1.3–2.8) 1.5 (1.1–2.3)
Intubated by Dr prehospital, n (%) 50 (0.6%) 80 (0.7%) 80 (0.5%) 41 (0.2%) 73 (0.3%) 80 (0.3%) 99 (0.3%) 73 (0.2%) 44 (0.1%) 620 (0.3%)
Arrival at first hospital midnight - 8:00 am, n (%) 1556 (17.5%) 2049 (16.9%) 2894 (16.1%) 3641 (15.7%) 4388 (15.5%) 5241 (15.6%) 5972 (15.8%) 6845 (16.2%) 7184 (16.3%) 39,770 (16%)
CT at any time, n (%) 4035 (45%) 5953 (49%) 8984 (50%) 12,313 (53%) 15,626 (55%) 19,774 (58.8%) 23,036 (61%) 27,059 (63.9%) 28,865 (65.5%) 145,645 (58.7%)
Seen by consultant in ED, n (%) 2188 (25%) 3218 (27.3%) 5217 (30.5%) 7601 (34.6%) 11,531 (43.7%) 14,406 (46.3%) 16,111 (46.3%) 17,691 (45.3%) 18,797 (46.2%) 96,760 (41.8%)
Seen by consultant in ED if ISS > 15, n (%) 1136 (31.9%) 1713 (34.6%) 2712 (38.2%) 3825 (43.7%) 5552 (54.8%) 7044 (57.7%) 7942 (57.8%) 8876 (56.4%) 9412 (56.8%) 48,212 (52%)
Seen by consultant in ED if GCS < 13, n (%) 459 (47.4%) 664 (52.2%) 1027 (58%) 1338 (62%) 1981 (72.9%) 2384 (75.4%) 2558 (74.6%) 2755 (74.8%) 2724 (76%) 15,890 (69.9%)
Intubated in ED, n (%) 951 (10.9%) 1248 (10.6%) 1639 (9.6%) 1898 (8.6%) 2386 (9%) 2700 (8.7%) 2850 (8.2%) 2976 (7.6%) 2929 (7.2%) 19,577 (8.4%)
Admitted direct or transfer to MTC, n (%) 3879 (44.7%) 5394 (45.7%) 7383 (43.1%) 8893 (40.5%) 11,803 (44.8%) 15,076 (48.4%) 16,837 (48.3%) 18,747 (48%) 19,811 (48.7%) 107,823 (46.5%)
Time to surgery, median (IQR) 19.9 (5.8–50.5) 19.4 (6.4–47.2) 19.35 (6.7–44.8) 20.5 (8.2–45.4) 20.4 (8.7–44) 21.5 (11.1–45.8) 22.1 (12.3–46) 22.5 (13.2–45.4) 23.3 (13.6–47.3) 21.7 (10.7–45.9)
Admitted to ICU or HDU, n (%) 2219 (24.9%) 3090 (25.5%) 4266 (23.8%) 5180 (22.3%) 5559 (19.7%) 6347 (18.9%) 7024 (18.6%) 7719 (18.2%) 7582 (17.2%) 48,986 (19.7%)
LOS in hospital, median (IQR) 10 (5–21) 10 (5–20) 9 (5–19) 9 (5–18) 9 (5–18) 9 (5–18) 10 (5–19) 10 (5–19) 10 (5–19) 10 (5–19)
LOS in ICU/HDU, median (IQR) 4 (2–9) 4 (2–9) 4 (2–9) 3 (1–7) 3 (1–8) 3 (1–7) 3 (1–7) 3 (1–7) 3 (1–7) 3 (1–8)
Survival at discharge, n (%) 8245 (92.6%) 11,129 (91.8%) 16,535 (92.1%) 21,385 (92.1%) 25,829 (91.5%) 30,808 (91.6%) 34,558 (91.6%) 38,733 (91.4%) 40,407 (91.7%) 227,629 (91.7%)
TXA given n (%) 2 (0%) 1 (0%) 24 (0.1%) 304 (1.3%) 1217 (4.3%) 2511 (7.5%) 3092 (8.2%) 3633 (8.6%) 3041 (6.9%) 13,825 (5.6%)
Blood given within 6 h n (%) 174 (2%) 333 (2.7%) 374 (2.1%) 396 (1.7%) 639 (2.3%) 633 (1.9%) 714 (1.9%) 810 (1.9%) 672 (1.5%) 4745 (1.9%)
TXA and blood given within 6 h n (%) 1 (0.6%) 1 (0.3%) 7 (1.9%) 89 (22.5%) 394 (61.7%) 485 (76.6%) 616 (86.3%) 717 (88.5%) 601 (89.4%) 2911 (61.3%)
Time to death within 30 days, median (IQR) 8 (5–14) 8 (4–14) 8 (4–13) 8 (4–13) 7 (4–13) 8 (4–13) 8 (4–14) 8 (4–14) 8 (4–14) 8 (4–14)