Table 1 Occurrence of time-sensitive diagnosis among all missions with a final diagnosis
|  | All patients (n = 5324)a | Women (n = 2905) | Men (n = 2419) | Age ≤ 77b (n = 2514) | Age > 77 (n = 2810) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac | 219 (4.1) | 102 (3.5) | 117 (4.8) | 85(3.4) | 134 (4.8) |
 Myocardial infarction | 127 (2.4) | 57 (2.0) | 70 (2.9) | 44 (1.8) | 83 (3.0) |
 Cardiac arrest | 1 (< 0.1) | 1 (< 0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (< 0.1) |
 Pulmonary oedema | 83 (1.6) | 43 (1.5) | 40 (1.7) | 34 (1.4) | 49 (1.7) |
 Unstable angina | 8 (0.2) | 1 (< 0.1) | 7 (0.3) | 7 (0.3) | 1 (< 0.1) |
Vascular | 130 (2.4) | 83 (2.9) | 47 (1.9) | 72 (2.9) | 58 (2.1) |
 Pulmonary embolism | 123 (2.3) | 81 (2.8) | 42 (1.7) | 70 (2.8) | 53 (1.9) |
 Vessel embolism | 4 (0.1) | 1 (< 0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) |
 Aortic dissection | 1 (< 0.1) | 1 (< 0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (< 0.1) |
 Aortic rupture | 2 (< 0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) |
Infection and inflammation | 137 (2.6) | 64 (2.2) | 73 (3.0) | 56 (2.2) | 81 (2.9) |
 Sepsis | 111 (2.1) | 50 (1.7) | 61 (2.5) | 43 (1.7) | 68 (2.4) |
 Epiglottitis | 1 (< 0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (< 0.1) | 1 (< 0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
 SIRSc | 17 (0.3) | 11 (0.4) | 6 (0.2) | 8 (0.3) | 9 (0.3) |
 Other infectiond | 8 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 5 (0.2) | 4 (0.2) | 4 (0.1) |
Respiratory | |||||
 Acute respiratory insufficiency | 78 (1.5) | 47 (1.6) | 31 (1.3) | 47 (1.9) | 31 (1.1) |
Neurological | 14 (0.3) | 7 (0.2) | 7 (0.3) | 3 (0.1) | 11 (0.4) |
 Status epilepsia | 1 (< 0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (< 0.1) | 1 (< 0.1) | 0 (0.0) |
 Stroke | 11 (0.2) | 5 (0.2) | 6 (0.2) | 2 (0.1) | 9 (0.3) |
 TIA | 2 (< 0.1) | 2 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.1) |
Othere | 20 (0.4) | 7 (0.2) | 13 (0.5) | 18 (0.7) | 2 (0.1) |