Optimizing Transport Time from Accident to Hospital: When to Drive and When to Fly?

Table 3

Mean relative transport time by patient characteristics.

Trauma mechanism	Ambulance			HEMS
	No*	Yes*	P value	No*	Yes*	P value
High energy trauma	79	79	0.67	41	39	0.43
Traumatic brain injury	79	78	0.35	40	39	0.55
Intubation	78	79	0.38	49	38	0.15
Resuscitation	78	84	0.03	39	40	0.85
Child	78	81	0.31	39	39	0.89
Burn wounds	79	84	0.33	39	47	0.06
Drowning	79	82	0.42	39	39	0.99

* Values represent the relative transport time.