Table 2 Facilitators and challenges observed following the implementation

• Easy acces to the list of patients admitted in the ED (potential participants).^a

• Could easily access patients once they were admitted on the ward (for follow-up).^a

• With the help of the 4th year physiotherapy student, the physiotherapist had sufficient time to realize the tasks involved in the project.^c

• Good collaboration from nursing staff.^b

• Fast transfert of the patients from the ED to the family medicine ward, which reduced the available time for PT treatments in in ED.^d

• Lack of space and material to provide optimal (complete and adapted) PT treatments.^a

• We observed some inconsistant assistance from some nursing staff at the ED. Nursing staff reported:

• Lack of time to complete the screening document^b

• That they lacked knowledge regarding IS and it consequences^b

• A lack of communication between shifts (day-evening-night) resulting in a non-optimal screening.^b

• A turnover of nursing staff, resulting in less knowledge regarding the project.^b