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Table 2 Outcomes and Therapeutic interventions

From: Prehospital undertriage of older injured patients in western Switzerland: an observational cross-sectional study

 

Missing value (%)

Age < 55 years N = 12,730 N (%)

Age 55–74 years N = 7,457 N (%)

Age ≥ 75 years N = 17,719 N (%)

p Value

Admission to resuscitation room with TTA (on patient transported N = 37,116)

64 (0)

599 (5)

193 (3)

121 (1)

 < 0.001

Admission to regional trauma centre (on patient transported N = 37,116)

4 (0)

5,735 (47)

2,732 (37)

6,384 (37)

 < 0.001

Prehospital medical team: HEMS or MICU

0

1,517 (12)

611 (8)

457 (3)

 < 0.001

Intubation

99 (1)

36 (0)

31 (0)

 < 0.001

Morphine or Fentanyl

4,530 (36)

2,411 (32)

4,319 (24)

 < 0.001

Tranexamic acid

303 (2)

101 (1)

64 (0)

 < 0.001

Vasoactive drugs

90 (1)

32 (0)

32 (0)

 < 0.001

  1. TTA: Trauma team activation; HEMS: Helicopter Emergency Medical Service; MICU: Mobile Intensive Care Unit