Table 1 Demographic Information of Patients admitted to an acute care psychiatric bed from dour adult Emergency Departments in Calgary
From: Exploring the experience of boarded psychiatric patients in adult emergency departments
Mean (Range) | |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 34 (18–55) |
ED LOS (minutes) | 1868 (213–16,091) |
Time Boarded (minutes) | 1415 (22–15,856) |
Frequency (relative) | |
Gender | |
Woman | 95 (47.5%) |
Man | 105 (52.5%) |
Admission type | |
High Observation/High Acuity | 29 (14.5%) |
Hospitalist | 1 (0.5%) |
Normal | 108 (54%) |
Short stay | 58 (29%) |
Short stay with high observation/high acuity | 3 (1.5%) |
None | 1 (0.5%) |
Living Situation | |
Housed | 178 (89%) |
No Fixed Address | 22 (11%) |
CTAS Score | |
1 | 4 (2%) |
2 | 111 (55%) |
3 | 64 (32%) |
4 | 19 (9.5%) |
5 | 2 (1%) |
Time of Admission | |
07:00–15:00 | 51 (25%) |
15:01–23:00 | 96 (48%) |
23:01–07:00 | 53 (26.5%) |
Admission Day | |
Monday | 33 (16.5%) |
Tuesday | 28 (14%) |
Wednesday | 42 (21%) |
Thursday | 16 (8%) |
Friday | 27 (13.5%) |
Saturday | 30 (15%) |
Sunday | 24 (12%) |
Arrival Method* | |
Police | 40 (20%) |
EMS | 38 (19%) |
EMS + Police | 6 (3%) |
F1 on site | 5 (2.5%) |
Walk-in | 111 (55.5%) |