Table 3.
Referral characteristics.
| Aetiology (n = ; % of total) | Referred by | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family doctor | EMS | Own initiative | Family member | Friend/colleague | Prehospitalretrieval doctor | Otherhospital | |
| Trauma (49; 18.1%) | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 |
| Gastrointestinal (8; 3.0%) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Neurological (15; 5.5%) | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Cardiovascular (151; 55.7%) | 5 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 |
| Pulmonary (21; 7.7%) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Infection (8; 3.0%) | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cancer (7; 2.6%) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Psychiatric (6; 2.2%) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Other (6; 2.2%) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total (271; 100%) | 12 | 178 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 31 |
∗EMS = emergency medical services.