Table 3 Patient management by emergency room type
Emergency room type | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Primary | Secondary | Tertiary | |||||
(n = 23) | (n = 12) | (n = 7) | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | p valuea | |
Critically ill patients resuscitated | 0.36 | ||||||
No | 4 | 17.4 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 42.9 | |
Yes | 19 | 82.6 | 10 | 83.3 | 4 | 57.1 | |
Standard hospital triage | 0.42 | ||||||
No | 10 | 43.5 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 14.3 | |
Yes | 13 | 56.5 | 8 | 66.7 | 6 | 85.7 | |
Mass casualty triage (START) | 0.68 | ||||||
No | 14 | 60.9 | 7 | 58.3 | 5 | 71.4 | |
Yes | 9 | 39.1 | 5 | 41.7 | 2 | 28.6 | |
Vital signs checked routinely | 0.08 | ||||||
No | 11 | 47.8 | 9 | 75.0 | 1 | 14.3 | |
Yes | 12 | 52.2 | 3 | 25.0 | 6 | 85.7 | |
Nurses routinely performed CPR | 0.01* | ||||||
Never | 12 | 52.2 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Yes, sometimes | 7 | 30.4 | 8 | 66.7 | 2 | 28.6 | |
Yes, always | 4 | 17.4 | 2 | 16.7 | 5 | 71.4 | |
Nurses use bag valve masks | 0.11 | ||||||
Never | 7 | 30.4 | 3 | 25.0 | 4 | 57.1 | |
Yes, sometimes | 11 | 47.8 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 0.0 | |
Yes, always | 5 | 21.7 | 2 | 16.7 | 3 | 42.9 | |