Fig. 2
From: Point-of-care tests in the emergency medical services: a scoping review
Characteristics of included research reports. Footnotes. 2 A) Countries with 2% or fewer studies were Finland and Italy (2 studies): Austria, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Slovenia, Taiwan, Switzerland (1 study). 2B) Publication year of records. 2D) EMS = Emergency medical services ground based; HEMS = Helicopter emergency medical services; Experimental = studies carried out in a laboratory but with the express purpose for using tests in the EMS. 2E) Percentage of study types (n = 141 studies with n = 158 types of research reported). RCT Randomised controlled trial, NRSI non-randomised study of intervention, DTA Diagnostic test accuracy