Handling Times of Patients at a Level-۱ Academic Trauma Center

Introduction:The patient handling time can affect a patient’s access to critical care; also, there is a relationship between patient handling time in the emergency ward and recovery rates. Nurses and staff of emergency wards are essential factors affecting patient flows in emergency wards. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study focused on the flow of patients referring to the level-۱ Academic Traumatic Emergency Ward during ۲۰۱۸-۲۰۱۹. Nurses were divided into two categories of group and small-group training, each receiving two training rounds one month apart. The Revised Form of Timing and Workflow Emergency checklist was used for evaluation. Results: Evaluating ۶۰۰ patients showed that the average time from patient entry to level ۳ triage up to file creation was ۲۴.۸ minutes before interventions, and the same was ۱۹.۶ minutes for small groups and ۱۷.۶ for group training category (p<۰.۰۵), pointing to the fact that the group training category showed a significant reduction in average time from patient entry to triage to file creation. Conclusion:The present study found that the training of nurses is practical for the flow times of patients hospitalized in emergency wards.

Keywords:

Emergency wards , Nursing , Time , trauma center