Table 1 Descriptive statistics for EMS Encounters for Reported Location of Fall Injuries by Patient Acuity, GCS and T-RTS scores.1
| Â | Overall | Indoor | Outdoor- street or sidewalk | Outdoor- not on street or Sidewalk | Indoor/outdoor unclear | Missing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 1854909 | N = 1596860 | N = 129408 | N = 23586 | N = 53700 | N = 51355 | |||||||
Patient Acuity | ||||||||||||
Dead | 1600 | 0.1% | 1432 | 0.1% | 92 | 0.1% | 29 | 0.2% | 32 | 0.1% | 15 | 0.1% |
Critical | 40609 | 3.0% | 35267 | 2.9% | 3044 | 3.2% | 890 | 4.8% | 1073 | 4.2% | 335 | 2.1% |
Emergent | 339764 | 24.8% | 302119 | 24.8% | 22522 | 23.9% | 4840 | 26.3% | 6955 | 27.2% | 3328 | 21.0% |
Low | 991674 | 72.3% | 880467 | 72.3% | 68834 | 72.9% | 12681 | 68.9% | 17498 | 68.5% | 12194 | 76.9% |
Missing | 481262 | 25.9% | 377575 | 23.6% | 34916 | 27.0% | 5146 | 21.8% | 28142 | 52.4% | 35483 | 69.1% |
GCS | ||||||||||||
Severe | 16508 | 1.0% | 13753 | 0.9% | 1614 | 1.4% | 214 | 1.0% | 613 | 1.2% | 314 | 0.8% |
Moderate | 34914 | 2.0% | 30227 | 2.0% | 2922 | 2.5% | 257 | 1.2% | 848 | 1.7% | 660 | 1.6% |
Minor | 1663581 | 97.0% | 1439013 | 97.0% | 114490 | 96.2% | 20843 | 97.8% | 49624 | 97.1% | 39611 | 97.6% |
Missing | 139906 | 7.5% | 113867 | 7.1% | 10382 | 8.0% | 2272 | 9.6% | 2615 | 4.9% | 10770 | 21.0% |
T-RTS | ||||||||||||
Need for transport to Trauma Center | 84220 | 5.2% | 72748 | 5.2% | 6494 | 5.9% | 849 | 4.4% | 2408 | 5.0% | 1721 | 4.5% |
Does not | 1528682 | 94.8% | 1324148 | 94.8% | 104366 | 94.1% | 18250 | 95.6% | 45534 | 95.0% | 36384 | 95.5% |
Missing | 242007 | 13.0% | 199964 | 12.5% | 18548 | 14.3% | 4487 | 19.0% | 5758 | 10.7% | 13250 | 25.8% |