TABLE 2.

Patient Demographics and Prehospital Characteristic Differences Between Rural Patients With and Without County Resources

	No Resources (n = 32,980)	Resources (n = 83,521)	Absolute Standardized Difference
Age	52 (31–72)	52 (32–73)	0.039
Sex (male)	20,800 (63.1%)	50,520 (60.5%)	0.053
ISS	10 (5–17)	9 (5–16)	0.131*
GCS score ≤ 13	3,476 (21.5%)	8,167 (19.6%)	0.048
SBP <90 mm Hg	689 (3.9%)	1,583 (3.6%)	0.019
RR <10 or >29 bpm	1,592 (9.3%)	3,240 (7.4%)	0.07
Penetrating injury	1,582 (4.8%)	3,856 (4.6%)	0.009
Flail chest	341 (1.0%)	697 (0.8%)	0.021
Open skull fracture	420 (1.3%)	800 (1.0%)	0.03
≥2 long bone fractures	768 (2.3%)	1,545 (1.8%)	0.033
Pelvic fracture	2,786 (8.4%)	6,339 (7.6%)	0.032
Crush injury	148 (0.4%)	304 (0.4%)	0.013
Amputation	92 (0.3%)	167 (0.2%)	0.016
Paralysis	193 (0.6%)	415 (0.5%)	0.012
Distance (miles)	40.8 (23.7, 63.1)	27.6 (15.0, 41.3)	0.473*
Prehospital time (minutes)	69 (55, 99)	56 (44, 75)	0.288*
HEMS transport	9,172 (36.9%)	18,118 (28.6%)	0.177*
Undertriage	3,107 (9.4%)	6,878 (8.2%)	0.042
Mortality	1,840 (5.6%)	4,071 (4.9%)	0.032

^*Absolute values for the standardized difference > 0.1 represent significant imbalance between groups in the distributions of the variable indicated.

Continuous variables presented as median (IQR).

Categorical variables presented as n (%).