Table 1.
Demographics of respondent hospitals
| Characteristic | n (/176, %) |
| Type of hospital | |
| District general | 99 (56.3) |
| University teaching | 63 (35.8) |
| Specialist centre | 11 (6.3) |
| Other* | 3 (1.7) |
| Profession of survey respondent | |
| Medic | 79 (44.9) |
| Nurse | 42 (23.9) |
| Physiotherapist | 21 (11.9) |
| Other† | 34 (19.3) |
| Critical care service metrics | |
| Total critical care beds | 3979 |
| Total ICU capability | 2382 |
| Total HDU capability | 1597 |
| Estimated annual ICU admissions | 116 944 |
| Type of critical care unit‡ | |
| General (mixed medical and surgical) | 167 (94.9) |
| Trauma | 52 (29.5) |
| Cardiothoracic | 35 (19.9) |
| Neurological/Neurosurgery | 34 (19.3) |
| Spinal | 28 (15.9) |
| Liver | 26 (14.8) |
| Burns | 19 (10.8) |
| ECMO | 9 (5.1) |
| Other§ | 37 (21.0) |
*Other includes the following: university-affiliated and specialist combined, n=3.
†Other includes the following: (1) profession not specified/reported, n=26 (eg, team lead, clinical director, ward manager); (2) various, n=5 (eg, clinical educator, audit lead); (3) psychologist, n=2 and (4) dietitian, n=1.
‡Respondents could select more than one response therefore percentage exceeds 100%.
§Other denotes various specialties, for example, oncology, maxilla-facial, obstetrics and renal.
ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; HDU, high dependency unit; ICU, intensive care unit.