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Table 2 Characteristics of CVD-related emergency calls in the city of Mashhad from August 2017 until the end of 2019

From: Spatial-time analysis of cardiovascular emergency medical requests: enlightening policy and practice

Characteristics

All patients

(n = 84,559)

2017

(23 Aug-30 Dec)

2018

(1 Jan- 30 Dec)

2019

(1 Jan- 30 Dec)

Mean age ± SD (n = 84,559)

52.83 ± 30.44

53.58 ± 21.52

52.63 ± 23.04

52.78 ± 37.64

Men mean age ± SD

51.95 ± 39.04

52.49 ± 20.81

51.72 ± 26.08

51.98 ± 50.72

Women mean age ± SD

53.60 ± 20.33

54.58 ± 22.00

53.40 ± 20.12

53.48 ± 19.99

Male (n;%)

38,998 (46.13%)

5334 (46.28%)

15,570 (45.32%)

18,094 (46.80%)

Response time

mean ± SD

(n = 80,747)

11.35 ± 6.5

12.33 ± 5.48

11.36 ± 6.46

11.07 ± 6.77

Scene interval time

mean ± SD

(n = 51,978)

13.02 ± 7.77

14.83 ± 11.21

12.71 ± 6.56

12.81 ± 7.53

Leave location time – hospital arrival time

mean ± SD

(n = 42,649)

11.69 ± 8.63

10.21 ± 11.47

11.54 ± 8.19

12.13 ± 8.17

Number of call (monthly Average)

84,239 (2977)

11,533 (2685)

34,361 (2863)

38,328 (3194)

Action Result (n = 84,239; %)

Transport to medical center

52,124 (61.64%)

6883 (59.68%)

21,626 (62.94%)

23,615 (61.08%)

Lack of patient cooperation and refused transfer to hospital

29,339 (34.70%)

4171 (36.17%)

11,719 (34.11%)

13,449 (34.78%)

The patient died before the ambulance arrived

2218 (2.62%)

320 (2.77%)

797 (2.32%)

1101 (2.85%)

Basic services provided by emergency technicians with patients recommended to attend a medical center

878 (1.04%)

159 (1.38%)

219 (0.64%)

500 (1.29%)

  1. Response time or “Call receipt time – arrival time”: time interval between the time when the call is made and the time when the emergency ambulance reaches the patient [23]; Scene interval time: the time duration of the presence of emergency technician at the scene [23]; (Leave location time – hospital arrival time): The time period between ambulances leaves patient location to the hospital [23]