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Table 2 Waiting and interaction times in hours and minutes in priority 2

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

38

108

87

113

0:11

0:14

0:13

0:11

0:06

0:10

0:10

0:08

0:13

0:15

0:12

0:11

00:00-00:51

00:00-01:03

00:00-01:14

00:00-01:35

Triage Time Taken

38

108

88

115

0:03

0:04

0:05

0:04

0:03

0:03

0:04

0:04

0:02

0:04

0:04

0:04

00:01-00:12

00:01-00:18

00:01-00:24

00:00-00:19

Wait To Enter Area

37

103

86

112

2:11

1:23

2:24

2:38

1:38

1:18

2:25

2:21

2:36

1:04

2:00

2:08

00:05-07:23

00:02-03:50

00:00-07:00

00:00-22:44

Wait From Registration To First Assessment

37

103

83

105

2:30

1:45

2:45

3:05

1:55

1:41

2:50

2:46

2:44

1:06

2:14

2:14

00:00-07:44

00:14-03:59

00:12-06:07

00:04-03:27

Wait To Be Seen By Nurse 1

6

32

24

18

0:09

0:08

0:08

0:05

0:07

0:04

0:05

0:03

0:10

0:08

0:04

0:04

00:02-00:20

00:00-00:39

00:00-01:10

00:01-00:20

Total Interaction Time Nurse

6

30

23

18

0:11

0:11

0:09

0:08

0:13

0:10

0:06

0:03

0:10

0:13

0:02

0:06

00:04-00:20

00:01-00:47

00:01-01:10

00:01-00:31

Wait To Be Seen By CO 1

38

110

74

92

0:10

0:12

0:11

0:11

0:07

0:10

0:09

0:10

0:07

0:10

0:10

0:11

00:02-00:36

00:01-02:06

00:00-00:58

00:01-00:46

Total Interaction Time CO

38

112

78

94

0:18

0:20

0:21

0:19

0:17

0:16

0:16

0:16

0:17

0:19

0:19

0:19

00:02-00:49

00:01-02:06

00:01-01:18

00:01-01:39

Time First Seen To Time Last Seen By CO

38

112

81

94

1:07

0:56

1:18

2:31

0:35

0:41

0:55

0:35

1:09

1:09

1:27

1:21

00:02-10:40

00:01-03:31

00:01-05:19

00:01-23:48

Wait For Senior Review

1

17

23

25

1:10

1:11

1:13

1:22

1:10

0:57

0:52

1:04

-

0:42

0:39

1:06

1:10-1:10

00:08-03:04

00:01-03:42

00:06-04:52

Total Time X-ray Taken

23

64

48

61

0:14

0:20

0:18

0:14

0:10

0:15

0:14

0:11

 

0:12

0:11

0:08

00:04-00:45

00:04-01:33

00:02-01:12

00:03-00:55

Total Time CT Taken

-

1

4

6

-

1:15

0:30

0:31

-

1:15

0:25

0:27

-

-

-

0:22

-

01:15-01:15

00:15-00:55

00:09-01:10

Total Time US Taken

-

6

4

1

-

0:56

0:21

0:10

-

0:25

0:13

0:10

-

0:24

0:11

-

-

00:08-02:36

00:08-00:50

00:10-00:10

Total Treatment Time

4

9

12

6

0:08

0:06

0:24

0:02

0:09

0:05

0:08

0:02

0:02

0:07

0:37

0:02

00:04-00:10

00:02-00:14

00:01-01:20

00:01-00:06

Wait To Leave ED After Admission

34

86

67

90

0:58

1:09

1:35

1:29

0:30

0:38

1:06

0:53

1:17

0:59

0:22

0:33

00:00-06:29

00:00-09:05

00:00-07:13

00:00-02:05

Wait To Leave ED After Discharge

18

24

16

38

0:15

0:25

0:15

0:34

0:10

0:11

0:06

0:11

0:04

0:06

0:04

0:11

00:01-01:15

00:01-04:16

00:01-00:52

00:01-02:58

Total Time In Area

34

85

60

83

1:25

1:51

2:29

2:09

1:00

1:28

2:02

1:37

1:12

1:28

2:00

1:26

00:03-07:13

00:05-10:03

00:05-08:07

00:01-02:59

Total Time In ED

32

77

55

79

3:54

3:29

4:38

4:45

3:21

3:02

4:24

4:01

3:05

2:29

2:51

2:47

00:43-08:26

00:56-12:52

00:09-08:28

00:16-04:55

  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