Table 2.
Types of error in 428 consecutive prehospital cardiac catheterization laboratory activations with and without real-time physician oversight
| Type of error | Automated “physician-blind” (2012-2015; n = 311) |
Oversight “physician-aware” (2014-2015; n = 117) |
P |
|---|---|---|---|
| False positive activation | 11 (4%) | 1 (1%) | 0.134 |
| Inappropriate activation | 23 (7%) | 3 (3%) | 0.062 |
| Machine error | 7 (2%) | 0 (0%) | – |
| Human error | 16 (5%) | 3 (3%) | 0.248 |