Fig 1.
Flowchart for included ambulance runs.
The included (white boxes) and excluded (grey boxes) ambulance runs and corresponding number of patients in the study period).
Fig 2.
Symptoms and diagnoses overview.
Diagram showing the relation between symptoms when calling the emergency number 1-1-2 (green circles) and primary diagnoses given in hospital, following a 1-1-2 call and dispatched ambulance (blue circles). Shows number of patients and percentage of corresponding group. Circle sizes are relative to number of patients.
Table 1.
Primary diagnoses in hospital for patients with symptom breathing difficulty.
Fig 3.
Primary diagnoses in hospital and age.
Graph of individual primary diagnoses given in hospital according to ICD-10 main chapters. The graph includes 3 803 patients to whom an emergency ambulance was dispatched due the symptom breathing difficulty. ICD-10: International Classification of Diseases, 10th edition.
Table 2.
Mortality according to diagnoses.
Fig 4.
Graph of individual symptoms when calling 1-1-2 according to age. The graph includes 4 014 patients diagnosed with respiratory diseases in hospital, following an emergency 1-1-2 call and dispatched ambulance.
Table 3.
Mortality according to symptom.