Table 1 Translation of the surgical preparedness survey
From: Swedish emergency hospital surgical surge capacity to mass casualty incidents
Question # | Question | Answer format |
|---|---|---|
1a | How many surgical teams can your hospital mobilize within 0.5 h? | (numeric) |
1b | How many surgical teams can your hospital mobilize within 2 h? | (numeric) |
1c | How many surgical teams can your hospital mobilize within 8 h? | (numeric) |
2 | Which is the estimated endurance for your hospital regarding the trauma-teams? | (numeric, days) |
3 | How many theatres, designed and equipped for and immediately available to receive seriously injured trauma-patients, are available? | (numeric) |
4 | How many ICU-beds, able to treat seriously injured trauma-patients, are available? | (numeric) |
5 | What length of time is required before your ICU-capacity is available to receive the first trauma-patient? | (numeric, hours) |
6 | What is the estimated endurance for your increased ICU-capacity? | (numeric, days) |
7 | How many trauma-patients can be monitored and treated with intermediate-care if there are no possibilities to transfer patients to other hospitals? | (numeric) |