Table 4 EMS operations times among suspected stroke patients based on levels of ambulance
Times | Overall | Levels of ambulance, median (IQR) | Holm P value | |||
median (IQR) | FR | ILS/BLS | Advance | P value | ||
Dispatch time | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (1, 1) | < 0.001 | 0.005 |
Activation time | 1 (1, 2) | 1 (1, 1) | 1 (0, 1) | 1 (1, 2) | < 0.001 | 0.010 |
Response time | 9 (5, 14) | 6 (4, 10) | 8 (5, 13) | 11 (7, 17) | < 0.001 | 0.029 |
Scene time | 5 (2, 8) | 3 (2, 5) | 4 (2, 7) | 5 (3, 10) | < 0.001 | 0.024 |
Transportation time | 10 (6, 17) | 14 (8, 21) | 10 (5, 15) | 9 (5, 14) | < 0.001 | 0.019 |
Total prehospital time | 29 (21, 39) | 28 (20, 37) | 27 (19, 36) | 30 (21, 42) | < 0.001 | 0.014 |
Times | Overall | Levels of ambulance, n (%) | Holm P value | |||
n (%) | FR | ILS/BLS | Advance | P value | ||
Dispatch time | ||||||
>1 min | 4417 (8.3) | 768 (4.2) | 636 (7.5) | 3013 (11.2) | < 0.001 | 0.029 |
≤1 min | 49,119 (91.7) | 17,453 (95.8) | 7866 (92.5) | 23,800 (88.8) | ||
Activation time | ||||||
>2 min | 6262 (11.7) | 1240 (6.8) | 595 (7) | 4427 (16.5) | < 0.001 | 0.039 |
≤2 min | 47,274 (88.3) | 16,981 (93.2) | 7907 (93) | 22,386 (83.5) | ||
Response time | ||||||
>8 min | 27,661 (51.7) | 5967 (32.7) | 3975 (46.8) | 17,719 (66.1) | < 0.001 | 0.049 |
≤8 min | 25,875 (48.3) | 12,254 (67.3) | 4527 (53.2) | 9094 (33.9) | ||
Scene time | ||||||
>15 min | 2682 (5) | 378 (2.1) | 291 (3.4) | 2013 (7.5) | < 0.001 | 0.019 |
≤15 min | 50,854 (95) | 17,843 (97.9) | 8211 (96.6) | 24,800 (92.5) | ||