A preliminary study of a novel emergency department nursing triage simulation for research applications

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Table 2 Description of simulated patients and their presenting medical issues

Patient avatar	Gender	Ethnicity	Age	Chief complaint	Medical condition	Entry type	Appearance	Time delay
P1	Female	African	27	Abdominal pain	Trauma	Wheelchair	Normal	0:00
P2	Male	African	45	Cough Fever	Pneumonia	Walk in	Pale looking	0:08
P3	Male	Hispanic	65	Fall, head injury	Trauma	Gurney	Static blood on face	0:10
P4	Male	Caucasian	17	High-speed motor vehicle crash	Trauma	Gurney	Static blood on arms	0:10
P5	Female	Caucasian	46	Rash spreading over body	Skin Allergies	Wheelchair	Normal	3:10
P6	Male	Caucasian	58	Difficulty speaking, slurred speech	Stroke	Gurney	Flushed	5:10
P7	Female	African	37	Migraine and vomiting	Trauma	Walk in	Normal	10:05
P8	Male	Hispanic	55	Chest pain moving to left arm	ACS	Walk in	Flushed	10:10
P9	Female	Asian	63	Head injury, assault	Trauma	Walk in	Static blood on face	15:10
P10	Female	African	55	Head Injury	Trauma	Wheelchair	Static blood on face	20:00
P11	Male	Asian	22	Cough, chills and vomiting for 5 h	Pneumonia	Walk in	Pale looking	25:00:00
P12	Male	Caucasian	34	Car crash	Trauma	Gurney	Static blood on arms	30:00:00
trP1	Female	African	32	Shortness of breath	ACS	Gurney	Normal	5:00
trP2	Male	Caucasian	60	Right foot pain	ACS	Wheelchair	Normal	8:00
trP3	Female	Asian	52	Possible urinary tract infection	Pneumonia	Walk in	Pale looking	10:00
trP4	Male	Hispanic	54	Chest pain	ACS	Gurney	Normal	10:00

P, patient; trP, training patient; Time Delay refers to when a patient was presented in the virtual scenario; other variables were also predetermined, including blood pressure, pulse, temperature, respiratory rate, oxygen level, electrocardiogram data, and radio communication notes (these data are available as supplementary data from the authors)

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