Trends in urgency levels and risk of acute critical condition among prehospital patients. A seven-year observational historic register-based cohort study
Kristine Sørensen, Torben Anders Kløjgård, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Tim Alex Lindskou, Morten Breinholt Søvsø · 2026
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Kristine Sørensen and four co-authors track seven years of ambulance urgency and real patient severity in North Denmark, in 2026 work. Ambulance demand is rising across Western countries, and it is unclear whether callers are sicker or simply quicker to call. Records covered 202,746 adult patients assigned an ambulance from 2017 to 2023. Dispatch urgency was graded A for most urgent or B for less urgent. Severity on scene was scored from vital signs with an early warning tool.
The share graded A slipped from 62 to 59 percent, while B rose in step. True critical illness stayed a steady share within each grade. Raw counts of critical patients still climbed each quarter, driven by rising total volume. Patients also grew older and carried more severe illness over the period. The authors read the pattern as more calls overall rather than looser grading, with real need growing alongside demand.
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| CREATOR | Kristine Sørensen, Torben Anders Kløjgård, Erika Frischknecht Christensen, Tim Alex Lindskou, Morten Breinholt Søvsø |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34032 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |