Table 14:

Odds ratios of complete vital sign assessment following adjustment of standard error for clusters in 20 EMS agencies evaluated in this study; adjusted (multivariate) analysis.

	OR (95% CI)	p
Age Group
Adult	Ref
Neonate	0.02 (0.01 – 0.06)	<0.001
Infant	0.04 (0.02 – 0.08)	<0.001
Toddler	0.07 (0.03 – 0.13)	<0.001
Early childhood	0.13 (0.08 – 0.23)	<0.001
Middle childhood	0.54 (0.40 – 0.73)	<0.001
Adolescent	1.40 (1.12 – 1.74)	0.003
Demographics
Male sex	0.93 (0.88 – 0.98)	0.010
Race/ethnicity
White/Non-Hispanic	Ref
White/Hispanic	1.12 (0.70 – 1.78)	0.636
Black/Non-Hispanic	1.45 (0.88 – 2.41)	0.147
Black/Hispanic	1.46 (0.49 – 4.34)	0.500
Other/Unknown	1.71 (0.71 – 4.09)	0.230
Medical category
Medical	Ref
Trauma	0.75 (0.51 – 1.11)	0.150
Respiratory	0.78 (0.56 – 1.07)	0.123
Allergy	1.26 (0.89 – 1.78)	0.197
GI/Abdominal	0.88 (0.60 – 1.30)	0.518
Cardiac	0.72 (0.53 – 0.97)	0.031
Neurology	0.86 (0.60 – 1.25)	0.434
Psychiatry	0.18 (0.10 – 0.34)	<0.001
Toxicology	2.14 (1.07 – 4.28)	0.031
Dizziness/Syncope	0.87 (0.60 – 1.25)	0.449
Other	0.31 (0.16 – 0.60)	0.001
Unknown	0.43 (0.24 – 0.77)	0.004
Day Period
00:00–05:59	Ref
06:00–11:59	1.07 (0.94 – 1.225)	0.290
12:00–17:59	1.01 (0.86 – 1.188)	0.909
18:00–23:59	1.08 (0.98 – 1.197)	0.135
Year
2013	Ref
2014	0.77 (0.65 – 0.93)	0.005
2015	0.70 (0.46 – 1.06)	0.089
2016	0.70 (0.47 – 1.07)	0.100
Response Characteristics
Advanced Life Support	3.12 (1.54 – 6.31)	0.002
Lights and sirens use	1.19 (0.66 – 2.15)	0.566
Response time	1.00 (0.97 – 1.02)	0.808
Scene time	0.99 (0.99 – 1.00)	0.081
Transport time	1.00 (0.99 – 1.02)	0.628
Intravenous Access	2.83 (2.18 – 3.67)	<0.001
Monitor placed	1.82 (1.00 – 3.29)	0.048
Glasgow Coma Score assessment	1.14 (1.10 – 1.17)	<0.001

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval