Table 6.
Flow Disruptions During Interactions Related to Stroke Care Tasks
| Type of Disruptions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroke care task | Total Number of Disruptions |
Layout | Environmental hazards |
Interruptions | Communication | Equipment failure |
Usability |
| Update demographics | 1 (1%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Update patient information | 31 (20%) | 0% | 0% | 3% | 29% | 68% | 0% |
| Level of consciousness | 13 (8%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 85% | 0% | 15% |
| Eye movement | 2 (1%) | 0% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| Facial palsy | 6 (4%) | 0% | 33% | 50% | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| Arm movement | 11 (7%) | 0% | 9% | 36% | 0% | 0% | 55% |
| Leg movement | 14 (9%) | 71% | 0% | 0% | 14% | 0% | 14% |
| Visual field | 21 (13%) | 10% | 52% | 0% | 19% | 0% | 19% |
| Ataxia | 3 (2%) | 0% | 67% | 0% | 33% | 0% | 0% |
| Sensation | 28 (18%) | 0% | 36% | 21% | 36% | 0% | 7% |
| NIH Stroke Scale Cards | 12 (8%) | 0% | 0% | 25% | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| Check for tPA contraindications | 1 (1%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Update vitals | 7 (4%) | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Waiting/other | 5 (4%) | 17% | 0% | 67% | 17% | 0% | 0% |