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Table 1 Waiting and interaction times in hours and minutes in priority 1

From: A time and motion study of patients presenting at the accident and emergency department at Mater Dei Hospital

 

NUMBER

MEAN

MEDIAN

IQR

RANGE

 

T1

T2

T3

T4

T1

T2

T3

T4

T1

T2

T3

T4

T1

T2

T3

T4

T1

T2

T3

T4

Wait To Enter Triage

31

66

68

58

0:07

0:07

0:07

0:12

0:03

0:05

0:05

0:09

0:10

0:10

0:08

0:13

00:00-00:44

00:00-00:40

00:00-00:24

00:00-01:06

Triage Time Taken

33

70

73

61

0:03

0:04

0:04

0:04

0:03

0:04

0:03

0:04

0:03

0:05

0:04

0:03

00:00-00:10

00:00-00:17

00:00-00:19

00:00-00:12

Wait To Enter Area

26

49

56

48

0:27

0:13

0:19

0:25

0:03

0:03

0:02

0:03

0:27

0:06

0:08

0:42

00:00-02:40

00:00-02:29

00:00-04:24

00:00-02:08

Wait From Registration To First Assessment

31

91

83

63

0:53

0:33

0:55

1:17

0:41

0:21

0:36

1:01

1:09

0:25

0:54

1:44

00:00-02:35

00:00-02:45

00:00-03:26

00:04-04:28

Wait To Be Seen By Nurse 1

34

74

59

38

0:45

0:30

0:23

0:47

0:27

0:04

0:06

0:17

0:58

0:59

0:27

0:30

00:00-03:53

00:00-04:52

00:00-03:30

00:00-04:47

Total Interaction Time Nurse

29

71

53

32

0:42

0:38

1:08

1:18

0:22

0:18

0:15

0:28

1:22

0:56

0:55

1:27

00:01-03:23

00:01-03:06

00:01-07:15

00:01-13:20

Wait To Be Seen By CO 1

45

77

110

74

0:26

0:16

0:41

0:50

0:09

0:10

0:19

0:22

0:46

0:29

0:24

0:55

00:00-02:47

00:00-01:37

00:00-03:30

00:00-00:40

Total Interaction Time CO

45

121

103

68

0:21

0:26

0:23

0:21

0:17

0:21

0:18

0:17

0:24

0:22

0:22

0:21

00:03-00:59

00:01-01:46

00:01-01:55

00:01-01:08

Time First Seen To Time Last Seen By CO

45

121

106

67

1:19

1:28

1:17

1:16

0:57

1:10

0:48

0:28

1:38

1:15

1:38

1:29

00:01-10:20

00:01-08:56

00:01-08:15

00:01-10:33

Wait For Senior Review

12

34

22

9

0:49

1:05

1:32

1:34

0:40

0:47

1:26

0:39

1:34

0:26

1:09

1:23

00:05-01:46

00:00-03:38

00:00-04:57

00:14-04:57

Total Time X-ray Taken

26

95

78

44

0:14

0:18

0:20

0:16

0:13

0:13

0:17

0:11

0:14

0:15

0:19

0:09

00:03-00:44

00:03-01:28

00:04-01:05

00:04-01:20

Total Time CT Taken

1

9

6

7

0:15

0:18

0:18

0:15

0:15

0:14

0:10

0:18

-

0:17

0:15

0:21

00:03-01:28

00:05-00:42

00:06-01:02

00:08-00:26

Total Time US Taken

2

5

11

3

0:11

0:19

0:27

0:08

0:11

0:21

0:16

0:08

-

0:22

0:19

-

00:09-00:13

00:14-00:26

00:07-01:17

00:08-00:09

Total Treatment Time

11

19

20

15

0:45

0:46

0:55

0:31

0:14

0:18

0:30

0:09

0:41

1:04

1:01

0:47

00:02-02:25

00:03-00:19

00:06-03:36

00:01-02:41

Wait To Leave ED After Admission

22

17

44

22

0:44

0:45

0:23

0:25

0:24

0:36

0:12

0:08

0:30

1:07

1:07

0:35

00:00-03:08

00:00-02:38

00:00-01:49

00:00-03:33

Wait To Leave ED After Discharge

18

12

23

26

0:02

0:06

0:02

0:07

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:10

0:01

0:04

0:19

00:00-00:26

00:00-00:46

00:00-00:32

00:00-01:01

Total Time In Area

40

106

82

55

2:47

3:53

3:40

2:57

2:42

3:10

3:27

2:57

2:16

2:05

2:45

3:17

00:10-05:56

00:04-16:45

00:14-11:26

00:14-07:34

Total Time In ED

29

30

64

45

3:07

4:52

4:02

3:22

2:51

4:17

3:49

2:59

2:40

2:42

2:36

3:25

01:05-05:56

00:17-11:58

00:31-11:26

01:15-07:57

  1. C.O., Casualty Officer; CT, Computed Tomography; US, Ultrasound; ED, Emergency Department; SD, Standard Deviation;; IQR, Inter Quartile Range; T1, 0200-0800; T2, 0800-1400; T3, 1400-2000; T4, 2000-0200