Table 1: Characteristics of intubated emergency department patients.
Outcomes | Pre-Intervention | Intervention year | Post-Intervention (2008-2010) | |||
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2008-2010 | |
n = 201 | n = 207 | n = 188 | n = 250 | n = 115 | n = 553 | |
ICU | 145.0 | 153 | 147 | 206 | 88 | 441 |
(%) | 72.1 | 73.9 | 78.2 | 82.4 | 76.5 | 79.8 |
Transfer | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
(%) | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 |
Died | 43 | 48 | 38 | 42 | 20 | 100 |
(%) | 21.4 | 23.2 | 20.2 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 18.1 |
Extubated in ED | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
(%) | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Other | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
(%) | 2.5 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 1.1 |
Empty Form | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
(%) | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 |