Table 3.

Pre-hospital times, intubation, helicopter transportation and emergency department investigations

n	TTR 152	HTR 324	p value
Overall pre-hospital time (min)	56 ± 30	78 ± 70	< 0.001
Pre-hospital intubation (all patients)	13.2%	37.3%	< 0.001
Pre-hospital intubation (GCS 3–8)	44.2%	87.2%	< 0.001
ED intubation (all patients)	22.4%	9.6%	< 0.001
ED intubation (GCS 3–8)	55.1%	4.6%	< 0.001
Helicopter transportation	0	4.7%	0.004
CXR	32.2%	50.0%	< 0.001
FAST	93.4%	73.5%	< 0.001
CT	95.4%	94.4%	0.831
Interventional radiology	4.6%	3.7%	0.828

Statistically significant values are in bold

HTR Helsinki Trauma Registry, TTR Tallinn Trauma Registry, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, ED emergency department, CXR chest X-ray, FAST focused assessment with sonography in trauma, CT computed tomography