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Table 4 Process mapping.

From: A consensus-based template for documenting and reporting in physician-staffed pre-hospital services

Data

variable no.

Data variable name

Type of data

Data variable categories or values

Type

Definition of data variable

Comments

26

Diagnostic procedures

Categorical

1 = US/Doppler

Check box

 

Proposed by expert panel

   

2 = ECG- analysis (12-lead)

   
   

3 = Invasive monitoring

   
   

4 = Other point-of-care tests

   
   

5 = Point-of-care lab tests

   
   

6 = Other

   

27

Therapeutic procedures

     

27a

Drugs to facilitate airway procedure

Categorical

1 = Sedatives

Check box

 

Utstein Airway

   

2 = Neuromuscular blocking agents

   
   

3 = Analgesics/opioids

   
   

4 = Local/topic anaesthetics

   
   

5 = None

   

27b

Device used in successful airway management

Categorical

1 = Bag Mask Ventilation

Bullet list

Device used for successful airway management (device in place at end of care or patient hand-over)

Utstein Airway

   

2 = SAD

   
   

3 = Oral TI

   
   

4 = Nasal TI

   
   

5 = Surgical airway

   
   

6 = None

   
   

7 = Unknown

   

27c

Breathing- procedures used

Categorical

1 = Assisted manually

Check box

Open-airway manoeuvres or positioning of patient without use of any technical airway device (chin-lift, jaw thrust, recovery position)

 
   

2 = Assisted mechanically

 

Open-airway manoeuvres, including use of technical devices (guedel pattern, naso-pharyngeal airway)

 
   

3 = Controlled manually

 

Breathing assistance using physician's hands (bag-valve-mask ventilation)

 
   

4 = Controlled mechanically

 

Breathing assistance using technical respiratory support (ventilator, NIV)

 
   

5 = Chest tube/decompression

   
   

6 = Thoracostomi

   
   

7 = Other

   
   

8 = Unknown

   

27d

Circulation- procedures used

Categorical

1 = Peripheral IV-line

Check box

  
   

2 = Central IV-line

   
   

3 = IO-Access

   
   

4 = Defibrillation

   
   

5 = Cardioversion

   
   

6 = Pacing

   
   

7 = Haemostatic, basic

   
   

8 = Haemostatic, advanced

   
   

9 = Other

   
   

10 = None

   

27e

Disability- procedures used

Categorical

1 = Reduction of fractures

Check box

  
   

2 = Spinal immobilisation

   
   

3 = Therapeutic hypothermia

   
   

4 = Other

   
   

5 = None

   

28

Medication, drugs administered

 

1 = Yes

Bullet list

Indicates whether medication was given by physician-staffed service. Exclude iv-fluid given for "keep-line-open" purposes

 
   

2 = No

   

29

Type of medication

Categorical

1 = Analgesics/Opioids

Check box

  
   

2 = Sedatives

   
   

3 = Neuromuscular blocking agents

  
   

4 = Vasoactive

   
   

5 = Fibrinolytic

   
   

6 = Antibiotics

   
   

7 = Other

   
   

8 = None

   
  1. US: ultrasound
  2. SAD: supraglottic airway device
  3. TI: tracheal intubation
  4. NIV: non invasive ventilation
  5. IO-access: intraosseous access