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. 2013 Jul-Aug;29(4):951–956. doi: 10.12669/pjms.294.3469

Table-I.

Demographic and professional characteristics of the surveyed emergency physicians

Characteristics Number (%)
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