Table 5.

Mission outcome and quality indicators

Data variable number	Main data variable name	Type of data	Data variable categories or values	Data variable sub-categories or values	Type	Definition of data variable	How often should variable be reported
5. Mission outcome and quality indicators
5.1.	Mission outcome	Categorical	5.1.1. Patient left at scene		Check box	Patient left by p-EMS at scene. If necessary, taken to GP or other	For each mission
			5.1.2. Patient taken to hospital, not escorted by p-EMS			To hospital by EMS or other
			5.1.3. Patient taken to hospital, escorted by p-EMS
			5.1.4. Patient declared dead on arrival at hospital
			5.1.5. Patient declared dead at scene
			5.1.6. Discharged alive from scene			Patient is alive when leaving scene
			5.1.7. Transported to hospital in cardiac arrest with ongoing CPR
			5.1.8. Patient alive at handover			Patient is alive when p-EMS hand over patient to hospital/GP/EMS unit or other
			5.1.9. Patient alive at discharge from hospital
			5.1.10. Patient alive at 30 days
5.2.	Was the patient’s “post-p-EMS” followed up and registered?	Categorical			Bullet list	30-day outcome or outcome at discharge from hospital	For each mission
			5.2.1. Yes
			5.2.2. No
			5.2.3. Unknown
5.3.	Intubation success	Categorical	5.3.1. Yes, on first attempt		Bullet list	Successful ETI by p-EMS	For each mission
			5.3.2. Yes, after two or more attempts
			5.3.3. No
5.4.	Complications to ETI	Categorical	5.4.1. Yes	5.4.1.1. SpO2 < 90% (at any time)	Check box		For each mission
				5.4.1.2. Blood pressure below 90 (at any time)
				5.4.1.3. If TBI: Blood pressure below 120 (at any time)
				5.4.1.4. Blood pressure above 200 (at any time)
				5.4.1. 5. Cardiac arrest or severe, clinically significant bradycardia in relation to the procedure
			5.4.2. No			No complications to ETI
5.5.	Patient with MI	Categorical	5.5.1. Transferred to PCI centre?	5.5.1.1. Yes	Bullet list	Patient meets criteria for myocardial infarction	For each mission
				5.5.1.2. No
			5.5.2. On-scene time		Number
5.6.	Stroke patients	Categorical	5.6.1. Transferred to a stroke centre?	5.6.1.1 Yes	Bullet list	All patients considered as having stroke by p-EMS	For each mission
				5.6.1.2 No
		Continuous	5.6.2. On-scene time		Number
5.7.	Cardiac arrest patients	Categorical	5.7.1. Did patient achieve ROSC for more than 5 min	5.7.1.1. Yes	Bullet list	Patients with cardiac arrest	For each mission
				5.7.1.2. No
		Categorical	5.7.2. If ROSC: patient transferred to a PCI centre?	5.7.2.1. Yes	Bullet list
				5.7.2.2. No
5.8.	Pain	Categorical	5.8.1. Was the patient’s pain VAS score reduced below 4?	5.8.1.1. Yes	Bullet list		For each mission
				5.8.1.2. No
				5.8.1.3. Unknown
			5.8.2. Did the prehospital treatment reduce pain or otherwise control/improve the subjective symptoms and well-being?	5.8.2.1. Yes		As defined by attending p-EMS
				5.8.2.2. No
				5.8.2.3. Unknown
5.9.	Did the prehospital interventions improve or stabilize the vital functions?	Categorical	5.9.1. Yes		Bullet list	As defined by attending p-EMS	For each mission
			5.9.2. No
			5.9.3. Unknown
5.10.	Adverse events during mission	Categorical	5.10.1. Adverse operational events		Check box	Missing material or teamwork issues during mission	For each mission
			5.10.2. Adverse medical events			Any adverse medical events during mission

EMS Emergency medical services, p-EMS physician-staffed emergency medical services, GP General practitioner,

CPR Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, ETI Endotracheal intubation, SpO2 Peripheral capillary oxygen saturation, TBI Traumatic brain injury, PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention, MI Myocardial infarction, ROSC Return of spontaneous circulation, VAS Visual analogue scale