Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics of patients (n = 3 551) treated by EMS Sør-Trøndelag 2018—2022
From: Pre-hospital care for children: a descriptive study from Central Norway
| Â | n (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total n = 3 551 | Unique ambulance patients n = 3 242 (91) | Unique HEMS patients n = 8 (0,2) | Ambulance and HEMS patients n = 301 (8) | |
Sex | ||||
Boys | 2 006 (56) | 1 822 (56) | 4 (50) | 180 (60) |
Unknown sex | 89 (3) | 89 (3) | 0 | 0 (0) |
Age, median (IQR) | 3 (6) | 3 (6) | 4 (7) | 2 (1) |
 < 1 years infants | 570 (16) | 507 (16) | 0 (0) | 63 (21) |
1—4 years preschool | 1 699 (48) | 1 536 (47) | 4 (50) | 159 (53) |
5—11 years school-age | 1 282 (36) | 1 199 (37) | 4 (50) | 79 (26) |
Primary Medical Problem | ||||
Respiratory distress* | 623 (18) | 577 (17) | 1 (12) | 45 (15) |
Altered level of consciousness with normal breathing | 530 (15) | 482 (15) | 0 (0) | 48 (16) |
Trauma* | 467 (13) | 437 (13) | 2 (25) | 28 (9) |
Other | 427 (12) | 371 (11) | 2 (25) | 54 (18) |
Injuries | 422 (12) | 408 (13) | 2 (25) | 12 (4) |
Seizure* | 332 (9) | 298 (9) | 0 (0) | 34 (11) |
Allergic reaction | 173 (5) | 155 (5) | 0 (0) | 18 (6) |
Fever/infections | 117 (3) | 112 (3) | 0 (0) | 5 (2) |
Airway obstruction with foreign body | 96 (3) | 80 (2) | 0 (0) | 16 (5) |
Altered level of consciousness without normal breathing | 95 (3) | 72 (2) | 0 (0) | 23 (8) |
Pre-hospital Severity | ||||
Acute | 2 675 (75) | 2 367 (73) | 7 (88) | 301 (100) |
Urgent | 871 (25) | 870 (27) | 1 (12) | 0 (0) |
Ordinary | 5 (0) | 5 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |