Table 3 Analgesia-related safety parameters before and after analgesic treatment at the time of handoff at the emergency department.

From: Quality of analgesia in physician-operated telemedical prehospital emergency care is comparable to physician-based prehospital care - a retrospective longitudinal study

 

Telemedicine group (n = 149)

Historical control group (n = 199)

p-value

Initial heart rate (beats/min)

83.7 ± 17.4 (83)

90.7 ± 21.1 (89)

0.0017

n = 132 (88.6%)

n = 196 (98.5%)

Heart rate (beats/min) at handover

82.8 ± 15.8 (80.5)

87.1 ± 16.3 (88.5)

0.0181

n = 146 (98.0%)

n = 170 (85.4%)

Initial non-invasive systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

151.3 ± 27.7 (149)

142.8 ± 29.6 (140)

0.0077

n = 145 (97.3%)

n = 189 (95.0%)

Non-invasive systolic blood pressure (mmHg) at handover

143.8 ± 23.5 (141)

134.9 ± 23.1(130)

0.0011

n = 148 (99.3%)

n = 156 (78.4%)

Initial non-invasive diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

88.2 ± 16.6 (88)

87.1 ± 19.2 (81)

0.6902

n = 132 (88.6%)

n = 116 (58.3%)

Non-invasive diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) at handover

85.1 ± 15.8 (84)

80.1 ± 13.6 (80)

0.0317

n = 142 (95.3%)

n = 94 (47.2%)

Initial oxygen saturation (%)

97.5 ± 2.5 (98)

97.1 ± 3.4 (98)

0.2963

n = 142 (95.3%)

n = 196 (98.5%)

Oxygen saturation (%) at handover

97.9 ± 2.0 (98)

97.1 ± 7.1 (98)

0.2916

n = 148 (99.3%)

n = 169 (84.9%)

Initial value on Glasgow Coma Scale

15.0 ± 0.2 (15)

14.9 ± 0.5 (15)

0.0305

n = 138 (92.6%)

n = 186 (93.5%)

Value on Glasgow Coma Scale at handover

15.0 ± 0.0 (15)

14.7 ± 1.2 (15)

0.0123

n = 136 (91.3%)

n = 181 (91.0%)

Initial respiratory rate

14.8 ± 2.1 (14)

16.7 ± 3.6 (16)

0.0007

n = 48 (32.2%)

n = 137 (68.8%)

Respiratory rate at handover

14.5 ± 2.6 (14)

15.1 ± 2.5 (14)

0.1233

n = 68 (45.6%)

n = 116 (58.3%)

  1. Telemedical group versus control group. Parameters displayed as means ± standard deviation and medians in brackets.
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