Table 3.
Comparison of the incidence of ED bedside procedures performed between periods, with comparisons of raw numbers and incidence rate ratios. Occurrence of a procedure was identified by presence of a procedure note within the ED encounter
| ED Bedside Procedure | Baseline |
Pandemic |
Comparison |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | incidence * | n | incidence * | difference (%) | IRR (95% CI) | |
| Laceration Repair | 1263 | 2.24 | 837 | 2.15 | −33.7 | 0.96 (0.88–1.05) |
| Incision and Drainage | 340 | 0.60 | 213 | 0.55 | −37.4 | 0.91 (0.77–1.08) |
| Orthopedic Injury Treatment | 269 | 0.48 | 151 | 0.39 | −43.9 | 0.81 (0.66–0.99) |
| Endotracheal Intubation | 177 | 0.31 | 386 | 0.99 | +118.1 | 3.16 (2.64–3.78) |
| Arterial Line | 111 | 0.20 | 151 | 0.39 | +36.0 | 1.97 (1.54–2.52) |
| Central Line | 98 | 0.17 | 142 | 0.36 | +44.9 | 2.1 (1.62–2.72) |
| Lumbar Puncture | 93 | 0.16 | 50 | 0.13 | −46.2 | 0.78 (0.55–1.1) |
| Foreign Body Removal | 90 | 0.16 | 52 | 0.13 | −42.2 | 0.84 (0.6–1.18) |
| Arthrocentesis | 73 | 0.13 | 31 | 0.08 | −57.5 | 0.62 (0.41–0.94) |
| Nerve Block | 57 | 0.10 | 32 | 0.08 | −43.9 | 0.81 (0.53–1.25) |
| Epistaxis Control | 56 | 0.10 | 34 | 0.09 | −39.3 | 0.88 (0.57–1.35) |
| Ear Cerumen Removal | 54 | 0.10 | 17 | 0.04 | −68.5 | 0.46 (0.27–0.79) |
| Paracentesis | 40 | 0.07 | 27 | 0.07 | −32.5 | 0.98 (0.6–1.6) |
| Gastric Intubation | 38 | 0.07 | 156 | 0.40 | +310.5 | 5.95 (4.17–8.48) |
| Electrical Cardioversion | 19 | 0.03 | 14 | 0.04 | −26.3 | 1.07 (0.54–2.13) |
| Chest Tube | 11 | 0.02 | 13 | 0.03 | +18.2 | 1.71 (0.77–3.82) |
| Intraosseous Line | 11 | 0.02 | 21 | 0.05 | +90.9 | 2.77 (1.34–5.75) |