TABLE 2.
ED Status, Procedures, and Disposition
| Patient stats upon arrival in ED | |
| Blood pressure, range | 50/30 to 210/100 |
| Heart rate, median | 90 |
| Heart rate, range | 52 to 137 |
| No. (%) Patients | |
| Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) | |
| ≤8 | 0(0) |
| 9–14 | 3 (2.4) |
| 15 | 92 (72.4) |
| Undocumented | 32 (25.2) |
| Interventions | |
| Emergency airway | 12 (9.5) |
| Central access | 1 (0.8) |
| PIV access | 39 (30.7) |
| IO access | 1 (0.8) |
| Crystalloids | 39 (30.7) |
| Colloids | 2 (1.6) |
| C-collar | 5 (3.9) |
| Analgesia | 43 (33.9) |
| Splint | 5 (3.9) |
| Other | 26 (20.5) |
| Radiologic studies | |
| CXR | 67 (52.8) |
| FAST | 23 (18.1) |
| Pelvis | 29 (22.8) |
| CT scan | 32 (25.2) |
| Transfusion administered? | |
| Yes | 15 (11.8) |
| No | 112 (88.2) |
| Type of transfusion | |
| Packed cells | 15 (11.8) |
| Plasma | 4 (3.2) |
| Platelets | 2 (1.6) |
| Patients admitted to hospital | 75 (59.1) |
| Patients discharged from hospital | 52 (40.9) |
| Location of admission from ED | |
| OR | 45 (60.0) |
| ICU | 11 (14.7) |
| Ward | 19 (25.3) |
| ED LOS, median | 106 min |
| ED LOS, range | 10 min to 481 min |
| ED LOS for patients admitted to OR, median | 45 min |
| ED LOS for patients admitted to ICU, median | 87 min |
| ED LOS for patients admitted to Ward, median | 129 min |