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Table 3 Recognition of hip fracture by paramedics

From: Rapid Analgesia for Prehospital hip Disruption (RAPID): findings from a randomised feasibility study

 

Hip fracture or femoral fracture on X-ray

No hip or femoral fracture on X-ray

Total

Recruited

46

11

57

Not recruited

15

  

Total

61

  

Sensitivity (46/61) 75.4%

  

PPV (46/57) 80.7%

  
  1. We designated three participants with shaft of femur fractures (which FICB would have benefitted) as ‘true positives’ on the advice of the independent TSC. Of the ‘false positives’, three patients had suffered with other fractures—of acetabulum, pelvis, or pubic ramus, but they would not have benefitted from FICB
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