Table 2 Distribution of dispatch priority, triage status and time within prehospital setting n(%)

Dispatch priority

Priority 1

2 247 (5.4)

3 663 (8.8)

15 968 (38.5)

19 545 (47.2)

< 0.001

41 423 (47.4)

Priority 2

543 (1.2)

3 956 (8.6)

12 527 (27.2)

29 008 (63.0)

46 034 (52.6)

Acuity

Routine (green)

322 (1.6)

1 324 (6.7)

5 320 (26.7)

12 938 (65.0)

< 0.001

19 904 (22.8)

`urgent (yellow)

721 (1.9)

2 850 (7.3)

11 193 (28.8)

24 150 (62.1)

38 914 (44.5)

`very-Urgent (orange)

1 117 (4.9)

2 680 (11.9)

9 742 (43.2)

9 035 (40.0)

22 574 (25.8)

Life-threatening (red)

543 (11.5)

618 (13.1)

1 753 (37.2)

1 793 (38.1)

4707 (5.4)

Dead (blue)

38 (10.6)

46 (12.8)

190 (52.9)

85 (23.7)

359 (0.4)

No triage

49 (1.8)

101 (10.1)

297 (29.7)

552 (55.3)

999 (1.1)

Time spent in EMS care

< 1 h

-

-

-

-

64 431 (73.7)

1–2 h

-

-

-

-

19 345 (22.1)

2–3 h

-

-

-

-

2753 (3.1)

3–4 h

-

-

-

-

575 (0.7)

4–5 h

-

-

-

-

165 (0.2)

5–6 h

-

-

-

-

66 (0.1)

> 6

-

-

-

-

122 (0.1)

Total

2790 (3.2)

7619 (8.7)

28 495 (32.6)

48 553 (55.5)

87 457