Table 3.
Processing times and required resources for various tasks in the emergency department, including the associated staff and equipment needed for each task.
| Task | Process time (min) | Staff/resource required | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physician | Zone bed | Zone nurse | Triage room | Triage nurse | Registration agent | Technician | ||
| Registration | TRI (2, 3, 5) | x | ||||||
| Triage | 1 + 2 ∗ Gamma (0.1, 2.5, 2.5) | x | x | |||||
| Nurse notes | 1.7 ∗ TRIA (1, 0.3, 10.1) | x | x | |||||
| Physician consultation (Notes) | LogNORM (1.3, 2, 1) | x | x | |||||
| Physician consultation (Exam) | LogNORM (0.5, 1, 5.5) | x | x | |||||
| Nurse notes | Gamma (0.77, 0.4667, 13.24) | x | ||||||
| Blood and radio test (CT) | TRIA (5, 10, 15) | x | x | |||||
| Blood and radio test (Delay) | Gamma (0.77, 0.446, 14) | x | x | |||||
| Blood and radio test (Xray) | TRIA (5, 7, 10) | x | x | |||||
| Blood and radio test (Lab) | TRIA (5, 7, 10) | x | x | |||||
| Reassessment (Doctor Exam) | LogNORM (0.5, 1,5. 5) | x | x | x | ||||
| Reassessment (Doctor Notes) | LogNORM (0.1, 1, 2) | x | x | x | ||||
| Reassessment (Nurse Notes) | Gamma (0.77, 0.4667, 13.24) | x | x | x | ||||
| Discharge process (Nurse Notes) | LogNORM (0.1, 1, 2) | x | x | |||||
| Discharge process (Discharge) | TRIA (10, 20, 30) | x | x | |||||
| Discharge process (Delay) | LogNORM (1, 2, 4.5) | x | x | |||||