Table 3.
Emergency medical services utilization in time sensitive emergencies
| Mode of transport | Category Red: critically ill patients (n=1327), n (%) | ACS (n=314), n (%) | OHCA (n=21), n (%) | Trauma (n=697), n (%) | Critically ill trauma (n=166), n (%) | AIS within 24 h of symptom onset (n=115), n (%) |
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| Ambulance | 678 (51.1) | 147 (46.8) | 15 (71.4) | 237 (34) | 115 (69.3) | 65 (56.5) |
| Others | 649 (48.9) | 167 (53.2) | 6 (28.6) | 460 (66) | 51 (30.7) | 50 (43.5) |
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| Ambulance details | Category red (n=678), n (%) | ACS (n=147), n (%) | OHCA (n=15), n (%) | Trauma (n=237), n (%) | Critically ill trauma (n=115), n (%) | AIS within 24 h of onset (n=65), n (%) |
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| ACLS equipped | 23 (3.4) | 6 (4) | 2 (13) | 3 (1) | 3 (2.7) | 5 (7.7) |
| Non-ACLS | 655 (96.6) | 141 (96) | 13 (87) | 234 (99) | 112 (97.3) | 60 (92.3) |
| In ambulance, accompanied by | ||||||
| None | 565 (83.3) | 123 (84) | 12 (80) | 210 (88.7) | 96 (83) | 52 (80) |
| Nurse | 98 (14.4) | 22 (15) | 3 (20) | 23 (9.7) | 16 (14) | 11 (17) |
| Technician | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 (.4) | 1 (1) | 1 (1.5) |
| Doctor | 8 (1.4) | 2 (1) | 0 | 3 (1.2) | 2 (2) | 1 (1.5) |
ACS: Acute coronary syndrome, OHCA: Out of hospital cardiac arrest, AIS: Acute ischemic stroke, ACLS: Advanced cardiac life support