Table 3 Confirmed burn transport decisions by location, stratified by urgency and criteria for burn centre referral (Western Cape Province, 2011) [19]
Urgency/referral | Total | Transported | Remained on scene | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Category | 1198 | Rural 572 | Urban 486 | Rural 53 | Urban 87 | |
n | % | % | % | % | ||
Triage | Green | 386 | 35.5 | 29.2 | 37.7 | 24.1 |
Yellow | 432 | 41.6 | 37.4 | 7.5 | 9.2 | |
Orange | 126 | 8.6 | 15.8 | 0 | 0 | |
Red | 51 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | |
Unspecified | 203 | 9.6 | 12.6 | 54.7 | 66.7 | |
Triage Early Warning Score | 0 | 63 | 6.1 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 2.3 |
1 | 187 | 15.9 | 16.7 | 11.3 | 10.3 | |
2 | 285 | 25.5 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 16.1 | |
3 | 217 | 21.5 | 18.5 | 0 | 4.6 | |
4+ | 254 | 22.7 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |
Unspecified | 192 | 8.2 | 11.7 | 56.6 | 66.7 | |
Burn centre referral criteria met | Yes, by body part | 379 | 31.3 | 34.4 | 22.6 | 24.1 |
Yes, by other criteria | 273 | 19.8 | 25.9 | 17.0 | 28.7 | |
No | 490 | 45.3 | 34.8 | 52.8 | 39.1 | |
Undetermined | 56 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 | |
100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||