Table 5.

Agreement between the EMS nurse’s field assessment and the final hospital physician diagnosis

	EMS field assessment (n = 4168)a
A. A defined final diagnosis classified as a time-sensitive condition	n = 473
1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the final diagnosis	195 (41.2)
2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the final diagnosis	49 (10.4)
3. Typical symptoms related to the final diagnosis	160 (33.8)
4. Atypical symptoms related to the final diagnosis	32 (6.8)
5. More unusual symptoms related to the final diagnosis	8 (1.7)
6. The field assessment as a non-specified organ system	29 (6.1)
B. A defined final diagnosis not classified as a time-sensitive condition	n = 2646
1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the final diagnosis	755 (28.5)
2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the final diagnosis	308 (11.6)
3. Typical symptoms related to the final diagnosis	1099 (41.5)
4. Atypical symptoms related to the final diagnosis	173 (6.5)
5. More unusual symptoms related to the final diagnosis	104 (3.9)
6. The field assessment as a non-specified organ system	207 (7.8)
C. The final diagnosis is expressed as a symptom	n = 808
1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the final symptom	24 (3.0)
2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the final symptom	48 (5.9)
3. The field symptom and the final symptom are in agreement	620 (76.7)
4. The field symptom and the final symptom are not in agreement	82 (10.1)
5.The field assessment as a non-specified organ system	34 (4.2)
D. The final diagnosis is described as a non-specific assessment	n = 241
1. The field diagnosis is in agreement with the symptom	59 (24.5)
2. The field diagnosis is not in agreement with the symptom	42 (17.4)
3. The field symptom is in agreement with the final assessment	84 (34.9)
4. The field symptom and final assessment are not in agreement	20 (8.3)
5. The field assessment is presented as a non-specified organ system	36 (14.9)

^a Total number of final hospital diagnoses in 4465 patients