Table 1 Distribution of age, EMDC priority, mechanism of injury, type of injury, and place of injury

Total n (%)

440 (100)

25 (5.7)

141 (32)

136 (30.9)

138 (31.4)

Dispatcher priority n (%)

Priority 1

191(43.4)

19 (76)

64 (45.4)

52 (38.2)

56 (40.6)

0.01

Priority 2

244 (55.5)

6 (24)

75 (53.2)

82 (60.3)

81(58.7)

0.01

Priority 3

4 (0.9)

0 (0)

2 (1.4)

1 (0.7)

1(0.7)

0.88

Missing

1(0.2)

1(0.7)

Mechanism of injury n (%)

Road traffic accident

62 (14)

2 (8)

11(7.8)

19 (14)

30 (21.7)

< 0.01

Stabbed by sharp object

6 (1.4)

0 (0)

3 (2.1)

3 (2.2)

0 (0)

0.31

Hit by blunt object

43 (9.8)

1 (4)

6 (4.3)

14 (10.3)

22 (15.9)

0.01

Low energy fall

150 (34.1)

6 (24)

59 (41.8)

46 (33.8)

39 (28.2)

0.07

High energy fall

90 (20.5)

4 (16)

29 (20.6)

36 (26.4)

21(15.2)

0.14

Other injury

75 (17)

8 (32)

29 (20.6)

15 (11)

23 (7, 16)

0.01

Missing

14 (2, 3)

4 (16)

4 (2.8)

3 (2)

3 (2)

Type of injury n (%)

Laceration, ulcer, wounds

102 (23.2)

7 (28)

37 (26.2)

34 (25)

24 (17.4)

0.19

Closed fracture

66 (15)

1 (4)

10 (7.1)

25 (18.4)

30 (21.7)

< 0.01

Open fracture

4 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (2.2)

1(0.7)

0.26

Dislocation

14 (3.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (1.5)

12 (8.7)

< 0.01

Burn

10 (2.3)

1 (4)

8 (5.7)

1 (7.4)

0 (0)

< 0.01

Hematoma, swollen, abrasion

78 (17.7)

5 (22)

33 (23.4)

22 (16.2)

18 (13)

0.10

No documented injury

181 (41.1)

11 (44)

64 (45.4)

54 (39.7)

52 (37.7)

0.43

Missing

8 (1.8)

6 (4.3)

2 (1.4)

Place of injury n (%)

Home

190 (43.2)

12 (52.2)

101 (71.6)

56 (41.2)

21 (15.2)

< 0.01

Public place

97 (22)

10 (43.4)

18 (12.7)

31(22.7)

38 (27.5)

< 0.01

Sports arena

92 (20.9)

0 (0)

8 (5.7)

24 (17.6)

60 (43.4)

< 0.01

School

29 (6.6)

0 (0)

4 (2.8)

18 (13.2)

7(5.1)

< 0.01

Other

19 (4.3)

1 (4)

2 (1.4)

5 (3.7)

11 (8)

0.07

Missing

13 (3)

2 (8)

8 (5.6)

2 (1.5)

1 (0.7)