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Table 5 Waiting and interaction times from 0800-0800 in priority 1, 2 and 3

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

 

Area 1

Area 2

Area 3

 

Number

Mean

SD

Median

Range

Number

Mean

SD

Median

Range

Number

Mean

SD

Median

Range

Wait To Enter Triage

185

0:08

0:09

0:08

00:00-01:06

346

0:12

0:12

0:09

00:00-01:35

491

0:11

0:10

0:10

00:00-01:12

Triage Time Taken

244

0:04

0:03

0:04

00:00-00:19

349

0:04

0:03

0:03

00:00-00:24

491

0:02

0:01

0:02

00:00-00:16

Wait To Enter Area

185

0:20

0:40

0:03

00:00-04:24

338

2:09

1:36

1:59

00:00-22:44

306

2:00

1:56

1:36

00:00-16:58

Wait From Registration To First Assessment

269

0:52

0:50

0:35

00:00-04:28

328

2:31

1:42

02:18

00:00-03:27

314

2:14

 

1:46

00:00-17:12

Wait To Be Seen By Nurse 1

205

0:34

0:58

1:56

00:00-04:52

80

0:07

0:09

0:04

00:00-01:10

106

0:36

0:29

0:32

00:00-03:12

Wait To Be Seen By Nurse 2

80

1:10

1:12

0:42

00:02-05:27

21

0:07

0:05

0:07

00:01-00:24

8

0:19

0:19

0:13

00:02-01:03

Wait To Be Seen By Nurse 3

29

1:05

1:54

0:34

00:01-10:02

8

0:03

0:01

0:03

00:00-00:08

1

2:23

-

2:23

02:23-02:23

Total Interaction Time Nurse

185

0:54

1:27

0:54

00:01-13:20

77

0:10

0:12

0:08

00:01-01:10

105

0:08

0:09

0:05

00:01-01:03

Wait To Be Seen By CO 1

352

0:33

0:49

0:13

00:00-00:40

314

0:11

0:10

0:09

00:00-02:06

325

0:03

0:12

0:00

00:00-02:16

Wait To Be Seen By CO 2

220

0:51

1:22

0:25

00:00-03:14

202

0:08

0:08

0:05

00:01-01:05

178

0:25

0:17

0:22

00:01-01:35

Wait To Be Seen By CO 3

110

0:45

0:56

0:24

00:01-04:57

89

0:07

0:06

0:05

00:00-00:31

28

0:26

0:33

0:14

00:02-02:19

Total Interaction Time CO

336

0:23

0:18

0:20

00:01-01:55

322

0:19

0:15

0:16

00:01-02:06

313

0:11

0:13

0:08

00:01-02:12

Time First Seen To Time Last Seen By CO

340

1:21

1:33

0:55

00:01-10:33

325

1:28

2:27

0:38

00:01-23:28

329

0:27

0:30

0:19

00:00-03:22

Wait For Senior Review

99

1:15

1:57

0:46

00:00-04:57

66

1:14

1:02

1:00

00:01-04:52

16

0:43

0:43

0:32

00:05-02:26

Time First Seen To Time Last Seen By Senior

125

0:24

0:34

0:10

00:00-02:53

73

0:20

0:37

0:09

00:01-05:20

24

0:12

0:12

0:07

00:01-00:40

Total Interaction Time Senior

120

0:13

0:09

0:09

00:01-01:35

73

0:09

0:07

0:08

00:01-00:38

24

0:08

0:08

0:04

00:01-00:30

Total Time X-ray Taken

244

0:17

0:13

0:15

00:03-01:28

196

0:16

0:13

0:12

00:02-01:33

226

0:17

0:12

0:13

00:01-01:27

Total Time CT Taken

23

0:17

0:13

0:13

00:05-01:02

11

0:45

0:19

0:27

00:09-01:15

0

-

 

-

-

Total Time US Taken

21

0:21

0:17

0:14

00:07-01:17

11

0:29

0:40

0:13

00:08-02:36

4

0:14

0:00

0:13

00:14-00:15

Total Time Taken For 2 Imaging Investigations

25

0:22

0:17

0:16

00:04-01:09

2

0:14

0:07

0:14

00:09-00:19

1

0:19

0:19

0:19

00:19-00:19

Time ECG Taken

174

0:03

0:02

0:03

00:00-00:23

84

0:03

0:02

0:03

00:01-00:26

14

0:03

0:01

0:03

00:02-00:08

Total Treatment Time

65

0:45

0:53

0:18

00:01-03:36

31

0:10

0:09

0:06

00:01-01:20

73

0:13

0:20

0:07

00:01-02:12

Wait To Leave ED After Admission

152

0:36

0:47

0:19

00:00-03:33

277

1:18

1:29

0:45

00:00-02:05

14

1:07

1:51

0:32

00:03-07:11

Wait To Leave ED After Discharge

88

0:05

0:15

0:00

00:00-01:50

96

0:22

0:33

0:10

00:01-04:16

131

0:21

0:28

0:12

00:00-02:31

Total Time In Area

283

3:29

2:29

3:08

00:04-16:45

262

1:59

1:58

1:32

00:01-02:59

258

1:01

2:11

0:36

00:00-22:33

Total Time In ED

220

3:48

2:23

3:25

00:04-14:14

243

4:11

2:22

3:41

00:09-04:55

248

3:11

1:45

3:03

00:13-10:29

  1. C.O., Casualty Officer; CT, Computed Tomography; US, Ultrasound; ED, Emergency Department; SD, Standard Deviation