Table 1 Characteristics of suspected stroke patients who were transported to hospital by ambulance between 2015 and 2018
Characteristics | Total | Years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |||||||
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
53,536 | (100) | 9829 | (100) | 11,844 | (100) | 14,456 | (100) | 17,407 | (100) | |
Regions | ||||||||||
North | 4736 | (8.8) | 764 | (7.8) | 1088 | (9.2) | 1306 | (9) | 1578 | (9.1) |
North-East | 20,831 | (38.9) | 4100 | (41.7) | 4565 | (38.5) | 5645 | (39) | 6521 | (37.5) |
West | 3587 | (6.7) | 684 | (7) | 815 | (6.9) | 895 | (6.2) | 1193 | (6.9) |
Middle | 9926 | (18.5) | 1761 | (17.9) | 2085 | (17.6) | 2761 | (19.1) | 3319 | (19.1) |
East | 3482 | (6.5) | 583 | (5.9) | 776 | (6.6) | 949 | (6.6) | 1174 | (6.7) |
South | 8072 | (15.1) | 1523 | (15.5) | 1752 | (14.8) | 2140 | (14.8) | 2657 | (15.3) |
Bangkok | 2902 | (5.4) | 414 | (4.2) | 763 | (6.4) | 760 | (5.3) | 965 | (5.5) |
Shift | ||||||||||
06.00-18.00 | 41,476 | (77.5) | 7634 | (77.7) | 9169 | (77.4) | 11,264 | (77.9) | 13,409 | (77) |
18.00-06.00 | 12,060 | (22.5) | 2195 | (22.3) | 2675 | (22.6) | 3192 | (22.1) | 3998 | (23) |
Levels | ||||||||||
ALS | 26,813 | (50.1) | 4855 | (49.4) | 5910 | (49.9) | 7336 | (50.7) | 8712 | (50) |
ILS and BLS | 8502 | (15.9) | 1718 | (17.5) | 1877 | (15.8) | 2135 | (14.8) | 2772 | (15.9) |
FR | 18,221 | (34) | 3256 | (33.1) | 4057 | (34.3) | 4985 | (34.5) | 5923 | (34) |
Dispatch triage | ||||||||||
Emergency | 27,940 | (52.2) | 5041 | (51.3) | 6157 | (52) | 7641 | (52.9) | 9101 | (52.3) |
Urgency | 25,596 | (47.8) | 4788 | (48.7) | 5687 | (48) | 6815 | (47.1) | 8306 | (47.7) |
Distance (km), median (IQR) | 5 | (2, 9) | 5 | (2, 9) | 5 | (2, 9) | 5 | (2, 9) | 5 | (2, 9) |
≤ 10 km | 42,921 | (80.2) | 7893 | (80.3) | 9563 | (80.7) | 11,541 | (79.8) | 13,924 | (80) |
> 10 km | 10,615 | (19.8) | 1936 | (19.7) | 2281 | (19.3) | 2915 | (20.2) | 3483 | (20) |
Dispatch time | ||||||||||
> 1 min | 4417 | (8.3) | 726 | (7.4) | 1018 | (8.6) | 1131 | (7.8) | 1542 | (8.9) |
≤ 1 min | 49,119 | (91.7) | 9103 | (92.6) | 10,826 | (91.4) | 13,325 | (92.2) | 15865 | (91.1) |
Activation time | ||||||||||
> 2 min | 6262 | (11.7) | 1038 | (10.6) | 1368 | (11.6) | 1698 | (11.7) | 2158 | (12.4) |
≤ 2 min | 47,274 | (88.3) | 8791 | (89.4) | 10,476 | (88.4) | 12,758 | (88.3) | 15,249 | (87.6) |
Response time | ||||||||||
> 8 min | 27,661 | (51.7) | 4900 | (49.9) | 6009 | (50.7) | 7578 | (52.4) | 9174 | (52.7) |
≤ 8 min | 25,875 | (48.3) | 4929 | (50.1) | 5835 | (49.3) | 6878 | (47.6) | 8233 | (47.3) |
Scene time | ||||||||||
> 15 min | 2682 | (5.0) | 419 | (4.3) | 646 | (5.5) | 732 | (5.1) | 885 | (5.1) |
≤ 15 min | 50,854 | (95.0) | 9410 | (95.7) | 11,198 | (94.5) | 13,724 | (94.9) | 16,522 | (94.9) |