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Table 2 Characteristics of the emergency department and the patients

From: A generic method for evaluating crowding in the emergency department

 

Weekday (%)

Weekend (%)

Total (%)

Arrivals to the ED, 2013

29,715

11,978

41,693

 Trauma

432 (1.45)

189 (1.58)

621 (1.49)

 Triaged red

338 (1.14)

150 (1.25)

488 (1.17)

 Female

13,848 (46.60)

5377 (44.89)

19,225 (46.11)

 Age < 18 years old

7239 (24.36)

2682 (22.39)

9921 (23.36)

 Age > 65 years old

5383 (18.12)

1866 (15.58)

7249 (17.39)

Length of stay ≤ 30 min

1120 (2.69)

Length of stay ≥ 5 h

2282 (5.47)

Number of beds a

19

On-duty nurses

7–11.59 am: 7

7–10.59 am: 7

 

12–07.59 pm: 8

11 am–07.59 pm: 8

8–10.59 pm: 7

08–10.59 pm: 7

11 pm–6.59 am: 4

11 pm–6.59 am: 5

  1. Friday and Saturday nights were considered part of the weekend
  2. a The ED unit has two additional beds reserved for trauma call patients