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Table 1 Demographics of patients receiving a prehospital blood transfusion

From: Prehospital blood transfusion: 5-year experience of an Australian helicopter emergency medical service

 

Total (n= 147)

Male (%)

102 (69.3)

Age (years), median (IQR)

34.5 (22 to 52)

Mechanisms of injury (%)

 

   Motor vehicle collision

87 (59.1)

   Motor bike collision

20 (13.6)

   Pedestrian versus car

9 (6.1)

   Gunshot wound/stabbing

9 (6.1)

   Fall from a height

5 (3.4)

   Recreational

6 (4.1)

   Other

11 (7.5)

Number of patients trapped on arrival (%)

45 (30.6)

Scene time (minutes), mean (SD)

49.9 (27.8)

Time from tasking to arrival at hospital (minutes), mean (SD)

126.5 (51.3)

Heart rate, median (IQR)

115 (90 to 130)

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), median (IQR)

80 (65 to 105)

RTSo 2, median (IQR)

5.967 (4.083 to 6.904)

Total number of PRBC units transfused

382

Total number of PRBC units wasted

66

Volume of crystalloid (ml), median (IQR)

500 (0 to 1,500)

Pronounced life extinct on scene

22 (15.0)