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Table 2 Prehospital assessment - distribution of age, vital signs, ABCDE-structure, pain assessment, and RETTS priority after assessment

From: Pediatric trauma patients in Swedish ambulance services -a retrospective observational study of assessments, interventions, and clinical outcomes

Assessments

All patients

0–12 mons

1–5 years

6–11 years

12–16 years

P-value

Total n (%)

440 (100)

25 (5.7)

141 (32)

136 (30.9)

138 (31.4)

 

Registration of vital signs n (%)

      

Complete vital sign registered

129 (29.3)

6 (24)

4 (2.8)

33 (24.3)

86 (62.3)

< 0.01

Blood pressure

156 (35.5)

8 (32)

6 (4.3)

44 (32.4)

98 (71)

< 0.01

Pulse rate

323 (73.4)

15 (60)

79 (56)

108 (79.4)

121 (87.7)

< 0.01

Respiratory rate

281(63.9)

13 (52)

60 (42.6)

96 (70.6)

112 (81.2)

< 0.01

Oxygen saturation

329 (74.8)

16 (64)

84 (59.6)

107 (78.7)

122 (88.4)

< 0.01

Level of Consciousness

370 (84.1)

22 (88)

108 (76.6)

119 (87.5)

121 (87.7)

0.03

Adherence to ABCDE-concept n (%)

360 (81.8)

21 (84)

102 (72.3)

115 (84.6)

122 (88.4)

< 0.01

Missing

8 (2.2)

3 (12)

4 (2.8)

1 (0.7)

  

Pain - yes

263 (66.4)

4 (26.7)

43 (37.1)

96 (73.3)

120 (90)

< 0.01

Priority n (%)

      

Red

20 (4.5)

8 (32)

7 (5)

2 (1.5)

3 (2.2)

< 0.01

Orange

92 (20.9)

2 (8)

23 (16.3)

32 (23.5)

35 (25.4)

0.56

Yellow

90 (20.5)

2 (8)

15 (10.6)

31(22.8)

42 (30.4)

0.01

Green

151 (34.3)

3 (12)

53 (37.6)

51(37.5)

44 (31.9)

0.01

Missing

87 (19.8)

10 (40)

43 (10.8)

20 (14.7)

14 (10.1)

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