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Table 3 Characteristics of EMS operation based on regions

From: Prehospital time of suspected stroke patients treated by emergency medical service: a nationwide study in Thailand

Characteristics

Regions

P value

Holm P value

North

North-East

West

Middle

East

South

Bangkok

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Phone triage

 Emergency

2126 (55.6)

5759 (33.3)

1347 (47.8)

5266 (67.7)

1436 (58.9)

3273 (47.8)

1639 (85.1)

< 0.001

0.009

 Urgency

1701 (44.4)

11,532 (66.7)

1473 (52.2)

2512 (32.3)

1003 (41.1)

3568 (52.2)

286 (14.9)

  

Levels

 ALS

1883 (49.2)

5204 (30.1)

1520 (53.9)

5085 (65.4)

1411 (57.9)

2674 (39.1)

1618 (84.1)

< 0.001

0.019

 ILS and BLS

642 (16.8)

2733 (15.8)

657 (23.3)

1038 (13.3)

94 (3.9)

1582 (23.1)

307 (15.9)

  

 FR

1302 (34)

9354 (54.1)

643 (22.8)

1655 (21.3)

934 (38.3)

2585 (37.8)

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  1. ALS advanced life support, BLS basic life support, FR first responder, ILS intermediate life support