Table 2

The number of runs, number of patients excluded, and number of surveys mailed. Percentages are in brackets and referenced to number of runs, with the exception of surveys returned which are referenced to surveys mailed.


Number of runs
Patients not transported
Nursing home patients
Cardiac arrest/Dead on arrival
Repeat customer/No mailing address
Surveys mailed
Surveys returned

Year 1
1,159
299(26)
58(5)
32(3)
209(18)
561(48)
239(43)
Year 2
1,196
318(27)
48(4)
31(3)
64(5)
735(61)
213(29)
Year 3
1,218
269(22)
48(4)
26(2)
106(9)
769(63)
237(31)
Year 4
1,233
272(22)
25(2)
31(3)
296(24)
609(49)
168(28)

Total
4,806
1,158(24)
179(4)
120(2)
675(14)
2,674(56)
857(32)

Bernard et al. BMC Emergency Medicine 2007 7:5   doi:10.1186/1471-227X-7-5