Table 2.
Clinical resource parameters | Responses in % (n = 134) |
Patient: nurse ratio | |
Usually 2:1 (for complicated patients 1:1) (n = 49) | 36.6 |
2:1 (n = 34) | 25.4 |
> 2:1 (n = 32) | 23.9 |
1:1 (n = 13) | 9.7 |
No fixed patient: nurse (n = 6) | 4.5 |
24 h in-house intensivist (n = 77) | 57.5 |
Certified intensivist (n = 107) | 79.9 |
Residents/fellows/medical students rotate through or cover ICU along with staff intensivists (n = 110) | 82.1 |
ICU: Intensive care unit.