Comparability of cases in trial period and control period
| Trial period | Control period | Remark | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMO, doctors at senior medical officer level; MO, doctors at medical officer level.; cat, category. *Total processing time of all resuscitation cubicle cases; —, no statistically significant difference. | ||||||
| Total number of patients | 1310 | 1355 | — | |||
| % (n) of cat1 patients treated in the resuscitation cubicles | 1.6% (21) | 0.7%(9) | p = 0.027 (Fisher’s exact test) | |||
| Total time patients spent in resuscitation cubicles* | 506 minutes | 228 minutes | ||||
| Cumulative % (n) of cat. 1, 2, and 3 patients | 25.3%(331) | 25.5%(346) | — | |||
| Staff members | 3 SMOs per shift (1 in observation ward, 1 in follow up clinic and 1 in triage) 4 MOs on Monday and Friday, 5 MOs on other days (all attending ED patients) | 3 SMOs per shift (1 in observation ward, 1 in follow up clinic and 1 attending ED patients) 4 MOs on Monday and Friday, 5 MOs on other days (all attending ED patients) | The average number of nurses in each shift was the same for the trial and control periods | |||
| Trauma case (%) | 261(19.9%) | 241(17.8%) | — | |||
| XR cases (%) | 481(36.7%) | 470(34.7%) | — | |||
| Admission(%) | 373(27.7%) | 350(26.9%) | — | |||