Teaching emergency departments: Profiles from a survey

✍ Scribed by TP Kuhlmann; FW Schoonover; RH Hodge Jr; DL Kaiser

• Book ID: 104312713
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 135 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(84)80142-0

✦ Synopsis

nosis, they were asked to perform their analyses in the same fashion that they used in the emergency department. Although times varied widely, no physician spent more than 5 minutes on any problem. The physicians' correct response rates were 86%, 49%, and 17% for single, double, and triple disorders respectively, The primary disorder correct response rate was 89% for double disorders and 94% for triple disorders. The primary and secondary disorder correct response rate was 57.8% for triple disorders. The data suggest that the computer may be beneficial by rapidly assessing complex acid-base disorders.