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Table 4 Component Times

From: Impact of drug and equipment preparation on pre-hospital emergency Anaesthesia (PHEA) procedural time, error rate and cognitive load

Component

(min:sec)

Standard Practice

(11 simulations)

Experimental Method

(12 simulations)

Mean Difference

(95% CI)

P-value

Equipment preparation

05:01

(03:42 to 06:19)

03:57

(03:13 to 04:41)

01:04

(− 00:18 to 02:26)

0.114

Drug Preparation

08:23

(06:43 to 10:03)

00:16

(00:07 to 00:24)

08:07

(06:26 to 09:49)

< 0.001

Checklist

03:50

(03:02 to 04:38)

03:40

(03:12 to 04:08)

00:10

(−00:27 to 00:47)

0.551

Drug Administration Including Onset Time

01:36

(01:16 to 01:57)

01:40

(01:31 to 01:49)

−00:04

(− 00:24 to 00:17)

0.702

Tracheal Intubation

00:42

(00:32 to 00:51)

00:37

(00:32 to 00:43)

00:04

(−00:07 to 00:15)

0.407

Total Intervention time

20:59

(18:49 to 23:09)

11:45

(10:34 to 12:56)

09:14

(07:42 to 10:45)

< 0.001

  1. Data presented as mean (95% CI)
  2. Definitions of Pre-hospital Anaesthesia components [see Additional file 3]