Full-time lead or clinical director, number/total number (%) |
161/162 (99.4) |
129/130 (99.2) |
1.00 |
Unit format, number (%) |
|
|
- |
Closed |
162 (100) |
130 (100) |
|
Open |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
|
Formal rounds in 24 hours (weekday), number (%) |
|
|
0.97 |
1 |
38 (12.5) |
30 (23.1) |
|
2 |
88 (54.3) |
70 (53.8) |
|
3 |
30 (18.5) |
25 (19.2) |
|
4 or more |
6 (3.7) |
5 (3.8) |
|
Formal rounds in 24 hours (weekend day), number (%) |
|
|
0.044 |
0 |
1 (0.6) |
1 (0.8) |
|
1 |
83 (51.2) |
61 (46.9) |
|
2 |
72 (44.4) |
64 (49.2) |
|
3 |
6 (3.7) |
4 (3.1) |
|
Handover rounds in 24 hours, number (%) |
|
|
0.26 |
1 |
6 (3.7) |
3 (2.3) |
|
2 |
117 (72.2) |
95 (73.1) |
|
3 |
37 (22.8) |
30 (23.1) |
|
4 |
2 (1.2) |
2 (1.5) |
|
Intensivist participation in handover rounds, number (%) |
|
|
0.56 |
No intensivist participation |
9 (5.6) |
6 (4.6) |
|
Weekdays only |
40 (24.8) |
33 (25.4) |
|
Weekdays and weekend days |
112 (69.6) |
91 (70.0) |
|
Nighttime cover pattern, number (%) |
|
|
0.95 |
Intensivist in-house (dedicated or cross-cover) |
4 (2.6) |
4 (3.1) |
|
Specialty registrar (dedicated); |
|
|
|
Intensivist exclusively on-call for the ICU |
70 (45.2) |
59 (45.4) |
|
Specialty registrar (dedicated); |
|
|
|
Intensivist not exclusively on-call for the ICU |
10 (6.5) |
9 (6.9) |
|
Specialty registrar (cross-cover); |
|
|
|
Intensivist exclusively on-call for the ICU |
21 (13.5) |
18 (13.8) |
|
Specialty registrar (cross-cover); |
|
|
|
Intensivist not exclusively on-call for the ICU |
30 (19.4) |
24 (18.5) |
|
Senior or junior medical officer; |
|
|
|
Intensivist exclusively on-call for the ICU |
17 (11.0) |
13 (10.0) |
|
Senior or junior medical officer; |
|
|
|
Intensivist not exclusively on-call for the ICU |
3 (1.9) |
3 (2.3) |
|
Number of intensivists available to staff ICU, number (%) |
|
|
0.38 |
<6 |
24 (15.2) |
21 (16.2) |
|
6-8 |
71 (44.9) |
54 (41.5) |
|
9-11 |
35 (22.2) |
30 (23.1) |
|
12+ |
28 (17.7) |
25 (19.2) |
|
FTE intensivists per bed |
|
|
0.37 |
Median |
0.50 |
0.50 |
|
Interquartile range |
0.35-0.69 |
0.35-0.71 |
|
Base specialty of intensivists – no. (%) |
|
|
0.59 |
Anesthetics |
1,223 (93.4) |
1,048 (93.3) |
|
Medicine |
72 (5.5) |
61 (5.4) |
|
Emergency medicine |
12 (0.9) |
12 (1.1) |
|
Surgery |
2 (0.2) |
2 (0.2) |
|
Years of clinical experience; number (%) |
|
|
0.88 |
<3 years |
281 (21.5) |
238 (21.2) |
|
4–6 years |
249 (19.0) |
217 (19.3) |
|
7–10 years |
258 (19.7) |
221 (19.7) |
|
>10 years |
521 (39.8) |
447 (39.8) |
|