Table 3.
First respiratory rate documented by emergency medical service professionals categorised by a paediatric triage model
| First respiratory rate, min−1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 0–2 months Non-missing/N=235/556 |
Range n (%) |
<10 <5 (<1.0) |
10–19 <5 (<2.0) |
20–29 49 (20.9) |
30–60 171 (72.8) |
61–80 <5 (<1.0) |
81–90 0 (0.0) |
>90 0 (0.0) |
| 3–11 months Non-missing/N=673/1446 |
Range n (%) |
<10 <5 (<1.0) |
10–19 16 (2.4) |
20–29 261 (38.8) |
30–60 375 (55.7) |
61–70 6 (0.9) |
71–80 <5 (<1.0) |
>80 <5 (<1.0) |
| 1–2 years Non-missing/N=2235/4362 |
Range n (%) |
<10 9 (0.4) |
10–14 10 (0.4) |
15–19 115 (5.1) |
20–30 1516 (67.8) |
31–40 466 (20.9) |
41–50 74 (3.3) |
>50 45 (2.0) |
| 3–7 years Non-missing/N=2110/3424 |
Range n (%) |
<10 8 (0.4) |
10–12 17 (0.8) |
13–15 52 (2.5) |
16–24 1336 (63.3) |
25–30 389 (18.4) |
31–35 200 (9.5) |
>35 108 (5.1) |
| 8–17 years Non-missing/N=11 112/15 251 |
Range n (%) |
<8 35 (0.3) |
8–9 10 (0.1) |
10–11 29 (0.3) |
12–25 10 123 (91.1) |
26–30 565 (5.1) |
31–35 123 (1.1) |
>35 227 (2.0) |
| All ages Non-missing/N=16 365/25 039 |
% | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 82.6 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
Green represents the normal range for the particular age group.
1 (red): Life-threatening; 2 (orange): Urgent; 3 (yellow): Less urgent; 4 (green): Not urgent.