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Descriptive characteristics of patients served by the EMS system for each year of the study. |
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| Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
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| Gender |
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| Male |
55% |
56% |
56% |
55% |
| Female |
45% |
44% |
44% |
45% |
| Age |
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| Mean |
50 |
48 |
50 |
49 |
| Range |
0–103 |
0–93 |
0–98 |
0–95 |
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| Response Time (Minutes) |
3:27 |
3:30 |
3:52 |
4:05 |
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| Reason for Consultation |
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| Injury |
20% |
19% |
20% |
19% |
| General Illness |
15% |
16% |
15% |
17% |
| Musculoskeletal |
11% |
10% |
11% |
12% |
| Cardiovascular |
11% |
10% |
11% |
10% |
| Respiratory |
10% |
9% |
10% |
8% |
| Psychiatric |
7% |
10% |
6% |
7% |
| Neurovascular |
6% |
5% |
7% |
5% |
| No cause for concern |
5% |
5% |
5% |
7% |
| Digestive |
5% |
6% |
5% |
4% |
| Metabolic |
3% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
| Other |
1% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
| Allergic Reaction |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| Genitourinary |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| OB/GYN |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
| Arrest |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
| Poisoning |
1% |
1% |
1% |
<1% |
| Environmental |
1% |
1% |
<1% |
<1% |
| Cancer |
<1% |
1% |
<1% |
1% |
| Hematologic |
<1% |
<1% |
0% |
0% |
| Infectious Disease |
0% |
<1% |
<1% |
0% |
Bernard et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2007 7:5 doi:10.1186/1471-227X-7-5 |
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