Table 2 Immediate post‐intubation destination from the ED.
| Destination | Trauma | Non‐trauma | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (n = 21) | 2001 (n = 29) | 2002 (n = 20) | 2003 (n = 28) | 2000 (n = 24) | 2001 (n = 31) | 2002 (n = 22) | 2003 (n = 29) | |||||||||
| CT | 9 (42%) | 16 (55%) | 16 (80%) | 22 (79%) | 4 (17%) | 6 (19%) | 9 (40%) | 14 (48%) | ||||||||
| ICU | 6 (29%) | 5 (17%) | 2 (10%) | 3 (11%) | 11 (46%) | 18 (58%) | 11 (50%) | 11 (38%) | ||||||||
| Theatre | 1 (5%) | 3 (10%) | 1 (5%) | 2 (7%) | 1 (4%) | 2 (6%) | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ward | 0 | 0 | 1 (5%) | 0 | 1 (4%) | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (3%) | ||||||||
| Mortuary | 1 (5%) | 4 (14%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (3%) | ||||||||
| Transfer | 0 | 1 (3%) | 0 | 1 (4%) | 0 | 2 (6%) | 0 | 1 (3%) | ||||||||
| Unknown | 4 (19%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (29%) | 0 | 1 (5%) | 1 (3%) | ||||||||
1999 destination details were not recorded.