Table-I.
Characteristics | Number (%) |
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Years of practice | |
>15 | 9 (3.6%) |
11-15 | 62 (25.1%) |
6-10 | 115 (46.6%) |
≤5 | 61 (24.7%) |
Current professional rank | |
Attending | 65 (26.3%) |
Fellow | 122 (49.4%) |
Resident | 60 (24.3%) |
Primary training | |
Medicine | 109 (44.1%) |
Surgery | 98 (39.7%) |
Emergency medicine | 40 (16.2%) |
Male gender | 175 (70.9%) |
Teaching hospital | 139 (56.3%) |
Approximate annual ED visit volume | |
<50,000 | 50 (20.2%) |
50,000-100,000 | 116 (47.0%) |
>100,000 | 81 (32.8%) |
Approximate monthly trauma visit volume | |
<500 | 57 (23.1%) |
500-1000 | 52 (21.1%) |
>1000 | 138 (55.9%) |
Head CT available anytime | 232 (93.9%) |
Received specific training regarding radiation dose of CT | 88 (35.6%) |
Familiar with CCHR | 103 (41.7%) |
Routine apply CCHR when request of CT for patients with mild head injury | 61 (24.7%) |
ED, emergency department, CT, computed tomography, CCHR, Canadian Computed Tomography Head Rule