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Table 3 Waiting and interaction times in hours and minutes in priority 3

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

35

124

103

69

0:10

0:12

0:11

0:11

0:05

0:10

0:10

0:10

0:10

0:10

0:11

0:11

00:01-00:47

00:00-01:07

00:00-01:12

00:00-00:38

Triage Time Taken

35

124

103

69

0:02

0:02

0:01

0:02

0:02

0:02

0:02

0:02

0:01

0:01

0:01

0:01

00:01-00:11

00:00-00:16

00:00-00:09

00:01-00:07

Wait To Enter Area

27

121

100

58

2:38

1:44

2:11

1:58

2:39

1:04

2:17

1:45

2:01

1:17

2:12

1:51

00:33-04:53

00:00-16:58

00:01-04:44

00:05-05:21

Wait To Be Assessed

28

125

102

58

2:43

1:59

2:25

2:14

2:44

1:19

2:40

2:05

-

-

-

-

00:06-05:28

00:02-17:12

00:00-05:04

00:14-05:24

Wait To Be Seen By Nurse 1

11

39

33

23

0:26

0:45

0:35

0:26

0:24

0:39

0:32

0:19

0:12

0:35

0:29

0:24

00:04-00:48

00:00-03:12

00:01-02:20

00:00-01:25

Total Interaction Time Nurse

11

39

33

22

0:11

0:07

0:09

0:08

0:11

0:04

0:04

0:06

0:09

0:06

0:07

0:05

00:02-00:26

00:01-00:44

00:01-01:03

00:01-00:24

Wait To Be Seen By CO 1

34

126

102

63

0:00

0:05

0:02

0:04

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:00

0:02

0:03

0:03

00:00-00:09

00:00-02:16

00:00-00:45

00:00-00:46

Total Interaction Time CO

34

124

94

60

0:14

0:12

0:11

0:08

0:06

0:08

0:08

0:06

0:08

0:09

0:07

0:08

00:01-02:12

00:01-01:39

00:01-00:50

00:01-00:58

Time First Seen To Time Last Seen By CO

34

128

103

63

0:33

0:27

0:30

0:19

0:22

0:20

0:24

0:11

0:38

0:33

0:32

0:27

00:01-02:35

00:00-03:02

00:00-03:22

00:00-01:33

Wait For Senior Review

3

5

5

3

1:09

0:47

0:34

0:28

0:34

0:33

0:31

0:26

-

0:25

0:28

-

00:29-02:26

00:08-02:24

00:05-01:17

00:13-00:46

Total Time X-ray Taken

29

73

78

46

0:12

0:18

0:18

0:14

0:10

0:16

0:16

0:12

0:07

0:11

0:13

0:10

00:03-00:40

00:02-01:27

00:01-01:21

00:03-00:54

Total Time CT Taken

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total Time US Taken

-

3

1

-

-

0:14

0:14

-

-

0:15

0:14

-

-

-

-

-

-

00:14-00:15

00:14-00:14

-

Total Treatment Time

9

27

23

14

0:25

0:09

0:15

0:12

0:12

0:05

0:08

0:07

0:10

0:04

0:06

0:04

00:02-02:12

00:02-00:54

00:01-01:44

00:01-00:51

Wait To Leave ED From Admitted

2

7

3

2

0:33

0:48

2:36

0:36

0:33

0:30

0:34

0:36

-

0:26

-

-

00:20-00:46

00:05-02:34

00:03-07:11

00:17-00:56

Wait To Leave ED From Discharge

19

43

38

31

0:24

0:19

0:21

0:22

0:14

0:08

0:14

0:15

0:17

0:09

0:16

0:18

00:00-02:31

00:01-02:18

00:01-01:27

0:01-02:10

Total Time In Area

32

88

81

57

1:55

0:52

1:04

0:40

0:42

0:33

0:38

0:34

0:54

0:32

0:42

0:35

00:05-22:33

00:04-05:25

00:05-22:31

00:00-03:35

Total Time In ED

30

86

80

52

4:08

2:41

3:24

3:06

4:42

2:07

3:44

2:53

4:58

2:11

3:52

2:59

00:58-06:52

00:13-10:29

00:17-08:44

00:28-07:22

  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