Table 2

Main diagnosis of transfer

Presumptive main diagnosis on transferPatients (n)
Abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture15
Aortic dissection3
Acute renal failure3
Burns21
Coma, not further defined3
ENT emergencies with airway obstruction4
Epilepsy3
Hanging2
Spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage33
Overdose29
Other8
Post-cardiorespiratory arrest19
Acute respiratory failure8
Subarachnoid haemorrhage43
Sepsis3
Smoke inhalation6
Space occupying lesion3
Trauma, cardiothoracic10
Trauma, neurosurgery101
Trauma, orthopaedics6
Trauma, spine24
Trauma, multiple2