Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the study participants

Age

3.28 (3.09)

2.17 (3.5)

4 days

15.98 years

Gender male (freq)

53.5% (3484)

–

–

–

Temperature

38.7 (1.07)

38.6 (1.7)

35

41.4

Respiratory rate (bpm)

29.95 (9.23)

28 (8)

14

188

Pulse (bpm)

138.7 (25.98)

138 (37)

22

250

 MTS green (freq)

47.52% (3097)

–

–

–

 MTS yellow (freq)

8.88% (579)

–

–

–

 MTS yellow/red (freq)

0.17% (11)

 MTS orange (freq)

17.06% (1112)

–

–

–

 MTS orange/red (freq)

23.03% (1501)

 MTS red (freq)

0.39% (27)

–

–

–

 MTS not recorded (freq)

2.9% (191)

–

–

–

 Time between booking and triage (min)

15.3 (14.7)

11 (18)

0

71

  < 10

47.8%

  11–20

24.1%

  21–40

20%

  41–60

5.6%

  > 61

2.5%

 Time between triage and consultation (min)

67.9 (52)

55 (65)

0

609

  < 30

26.9%

  31–60

27.7%

  61–120

30.8%

  121–180

11.4%

  181–240

2.6%

  > 240

0.6%

 Time in ED post consultation (min)

68.4 (70.6)

45 (72)

0

630

  < 30

43.5%

  30–60

15.1%

  61–120

24.8%

  121–180

9.7%

  > 181

7%

 Total time in ED (min)

151.6 (81.3)

135 (98)

16

729

  < 60

8.3%

  61–120

32.7%

  121–240

46.9%

  241–360

9.6%

  > 361

2.5%

  Not hospitalised

93.51%

  1–3

3.42%

  4–7

2.43%

  8+

0.63%

Re-attendance (freq)

3.43% (224)

–

–

–

Afterhours (freq)

88.9% (5798)

–

–

–

Winter (freq)

60.1% (3918)

–

–

–

Reviewing clinician

 APNP

2.73% (178)

–

–

–

 Consultant

7.99% (521)

–

–

–

 Foundation years 1 and 2

0.91% (59)

–

–

–

 Registrar

22.05% (1437)

–

–

–

 ST1-3

66.32% (4323)