Table 2 Primary impression of patients with an unused peripheral vascular access (PVA)
From: Use of peripheral vascular access in the prehospital setting: is there room for improvement?
Number of cases | 3948 (100) |
|---|---|
Respiratory failure or distress | 500 (12,7) |
Neurological deficit without coma or trauma | 380 (9,6) |
Non-traumatic chest pain without loss of consciousness | 378 (9,6) |
Decreased general condition | 335 (8,5) |
Non-cardiac syncope | 300 (7,6) |
Seizure | 228 (5,8) |
Intoxication without coma (alcohol, drugs, smoke) | 200 (5,1) |
Craniocerebral trauma | 153 (3,9) |
Limb trauma | 137 (3,5) |
Altered consciousness without trauma | 119 (3,0) |
Abdominal pain without trauma | 116 (2,9) |
Rhythmic and/or conduction disorder | 115 (2,9) |
Haemorrhage without trauma (digestive, ENT, gynaecological) | 101 (2,5) |
Coma without trauma | 61 (1,5) |
Shock (haemodynamic, cardiogenic, septic, anaphylactic, etc.) | 53 (1,3) |
Spinal trauma | 46 (1,2) |
Impossible care at home | 37 (0,9) |
Thrust or hypertensive urgency | 35 (0,9) |
Pregnancy, delivery, birth | 34 (0,9) |
Allergy without shock | 31 (0,8) |
Cardiac arrest | 29 (0,7) |
Headache | 27 (0,7) |
Psychiatric disorder (agitation, anxiety, etc.) | 26 (0,7) |
Chest trauma | 21 (0,5) |
Polytrauma | 21 (0,5) |
Facial trauma | 18 (0,5) |
Low back pain without trauma | 15 (0,4) |
Asthma | 11 (0,3) |
Abdominal trauma | 10 (0,2) |
Burns | 8 (0,2) |
Hypothermia without cardiac arrest | 5 (0,1) |
Pelvic/perineal trauma | 5 (0,1) |
Electrification without cardiac arrest | 4 (0,1) |
Other | 389 (9,8) |