Table 2.

HEMS cancellations from COVID-19 and historical cohort

	COVID-19 group (n = 528)	Control group (n = 620)	Total (n = 1148)	P value
HEMS cancelled, n (%)	298 (56.4%)	314 (50.7%)	612 (53.3%)	0.050
HEMS cancel reason, n (%)				0.030
No advanced medical indication	222 (42.1%)	241 (38.9%)	463 (40.3%)
Patient declared dead	28 (5.3%)	24 (3.9%)	52 (4.5%)
HEMS transport time to patient too long	22 (4.2%)	9 (1.5%)	31 (2.7%)
HEMS transport not possible (technical, weather)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)
Unknown	19 (3.6%)	25 (4.0%)	44 (3.8%)
Time to cancelation (mins), median (IQR)	7 [6–10]	7 [5–10]	7 [6–10]	0.538

IQR interquartile range