Fig 1.
Monthly Number of EMS Missions and COVID-19 ICU Patients in Jena (2018−2021).
The black dots represent the number of EMS missions per month, with the red line showing a smoothed trend. The blue area indicates the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units (ICU). Shaded red areas mark the first and second lockdown periods.
Table 1.
Characteristics of EMS Missions in Jena from 2018 to 2021.
Table 2.
Comparison of EMS missions and patient characteristics between lockdown and reference periods.
Table 3.
Distribution of Health Issues in EMS Missions in Jena (2018-2021).
Fig 2.
Monthly Percentage Changes in EMS missions for Selected Health Issues in Jena During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The figure shows the percentage change in emergency medical service missions for cardiovascular system issues, psychiatric problems, respiratory distress or failure, and trauma from the average values of 2018-2019 to those in 2020 and 2021. Red bars indicate months during which lockdown measures were in place.
Fig 3.
Distribution of the number of missions across 24-hour time intervals from 2018 to 2021.
Fig 4.
Trends in EMS Mission Time Intervals in Jena (2018−2021).
The graph depicts the daily average times for various EMS intervals: response time (red), scene time (blue), transport time (green), handover time (purple), and total mission time (black). The shaded red areas represent the periods of the first and second COVID-19 lockdowns. The data points show individual mission times, and the solid lines represent smoothed trends using LOESS smoothing.