Table 1. Characteristics of cases potentially at risk from the recommendation of SmED-Kontakt+.
| Characteristics | % | n |
| Center | ||
| – Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin | 42.9 | 21 |
| – University Hospital Leipzig | 57.1 | 28 |
| Reason for assessment of patient safety by experts | ||
| – cases from the random sample | 2.0 | 1 |
| – cases assessed by physicians as more urgent | 98.0 | 48 |
| Emergency room triage category based on the initial assessment by nursing staff on the urgency of medical treatment (nmiss = 2 )*1 | ||
| – orange | 2.0 | 1 |
| – yellow | 22.4 | 11 |
| – green | 65.3 | 32 |
| – blue | 6.1 | 3 |
| Resources used in the emergency room | ||
| – laboratory results and BGA | 46.9 | 23 |
| – ECG | 12.2 | 6 |
| – X-ray | 28.6 | 14 |
| – ultrasound | 26.5 | 13 |
| – MRI | 4.1 | 2 |
| – CT | 14.3 | 7 |
| – consults | 22.4 | 11 |
| – analgesics | 14.3 | 7 |
| – other measures | 53.1 | 26 |
| – administration of analgesics | ||
| Whereabouts after stay in emergency room | ||
| – in-house hospitalization*2 (n = 1 emergency admissions ward, n = 11 normal ward) |
24.5 | 12 |
| – transfer elsewhere | 2.0 | 1 |
| – discharge from emergency room (n = 1 against medical advice) |
73.5 | 36 |