Table 1.
DISCOVER-PHASE initial results
| Total | Week 1 (16–22 March) | Week 2 (23–29 March) | Week 3 (30 March–5 April) | Week 4 (6–12 April) | Week 5 (13–19 April) | Week 6 (20–26 April) | Week 7 (27 April–3 May) | Week 8 (4–10 May) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbera | 187 | 1 (0.5%) | 23 (12.3%) | 25 (13.9%) | 27 (15.0%) | 27 (13.4%) | 29 (15.5%) | 27 (14.4%) | 28 (15.0%) |
| Shifta | |||||||||
| Morning (7 am–3 pm) | 93 (49.7%) | 1 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 |
| Afternoon (3 pm–11 pm) | 92 (49.2%) | 0 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Overnight (11 pm–7 am) | 2 (1.1%) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Debriefinga | |||||||||
| Performed | 163 (87.2%) | 1 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 28 | 27 | 28 |
| Not performed | 24 (12.8%) | 0 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Unable to move to conference room | 9 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinical volume too high | 8 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clinical volume too low | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Debriefer not available | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cases handled | 3386 | 477 | 713 | 592 | 353 | 285 | 312 | 332 | 322 |
| Death | 11 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Intensive care unit | 77 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Audio-video conference systema | |||||||||
| 117 (62.9%) | 0 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 20 | 24 | |
| Phone | 37 (19.9%) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| On site | 19 (10.2%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| Lifesize | 8 (4.3%) | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zoom | 5 (2.7%) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connection issue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Duration (min)b | 10 (7–13) | 20.0 | 21.5 (19.2–22.7) | 13.0 (11.0–16.0) | 10.0 (5.5–12.0) | 8.0 (6.0–12.0) | 9.0 (6.75–10.2) | 10.0 (8.0–11.0) | 10.0 (9.0–12.2) |
| Number of attendeesb | 5 (4–6) | 4 | 5 (4–6) | 4 (4–5) | 5 (4–5) | 5 (4–6) | 4 (4–5) | 5 (4–6) | 5 (4–5) |
| Attendee rolesa | |||||||||
| Nurse | 163 (100%) | ||||||||
| ED resident | 84 (51.5%) | ||||||||
| ED physician | 64 (39.3%) | ||||||||
| Medical students | 0 (0%) | ||||||||
| Other | 0 (0%) | ||||||||
| Debriefer profession a | |||||||||
| Nurse | 140 (85.9%) | 0 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 26 |
| Physician | 21 (12.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Co-facilitation by nurse and psychologist | 2 (1.2%) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
aFrequency (%)
bMedian (IQR)