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Table 4 Trauma room management and treatment comparison

From: Trauma care inside and outside business hours: comparison of process quality and outcome indicators in a German level-1 trauma center

 

n (total)

mean (total) ± SD (total)

n (BH)

mean (BH) ± SD (BH)

n (NBH)

mean (NBH) ± SD (NBH)

p-value

Time until FAST-Sono (min)

314

6.0 ± 4.5

78

5.7 ± 3.0

236

6.1 ± 4.9

0.763

Time until CT (min)

351

27.6 ± 12.4

86

28.5 ± 18.7

265

27.3 ± 9.5

0.637

Time until discharge from TR (min)

375

62.7 ± 28.4

93

63.9 ± 29.7

282

62.3 ± 28.0

0.700

Time for intubation (min)

22 (5.6%)

4.0 ± 4.0

4 (4.2%)

2.8 ± 2.2

18 (6.0%)

4.2 ± 4.4

0.460 (0.487)

Time for artery access (min)

220 (55.8%)

4.9 ± 3.6

59 (61.5%)

4.8 ± 3.9

161 (54.0%)

4.9 ± 3.4

0.496 (0.202)

Time for CVL (min)

54 (13.7%)

7.2 ± 5.5

15 (15.6%)

6.0 ± 5.6

39 (13.1%)

7.7 ± 5.5

0.084 (0.529)

Time for peripherial access (min)

66 (16.8%)

1.8 ± 1.3

12 (12.5%)

1.8 ± 0.9

54 (18.1%)

1.8 ± 1.4

0.757 (0.200)

Time for thorax-drainage (min)

19 (4.8%)

7.4 ± 4.3

5 (5.2%)

10.4 ± 6.5

14 (4.7%)

6.3 ± 2.7

0.243 (0.542)

Time for splinting (min)

89 (22.6%)

4.1 ± 3.4

23 (24.0%)

4.2 ± 3.9

66 (22.1%)

4.1 ± 3.3

0.658 (0.712)

Time for permanent catheter (min)

229 (58.1%)

2.1 ± 1.4

51 (53.1%)

2.2 ± 1.9

178 (59.7%)

2.0 ± 1.2

0.846 (0.254)

  1. TR: Trauma room, CVL: Central Venous Line.