Patient demographics |
Age of patient | 4.20 ± 0.63 |
Level of care (resuscitation level) | 4.08 ± 0.82 |
Where patient lives (i.e., house, condo, nursing home) | 3.35 ± 0.93 |
Injury |
Diagnosis/injury pattern | 4.64 ± 0.54 |
Mechanism of injury | 4.20 ± 0.70 |
Neurovascular exam | 4.60 ± 0.57 |
Open or closed injury | 4.73 ± 0.47 |
Polytrauma patient | 4.70 ± 0.50 |
Periarticular injury | 4.35 ± 0.70 |
Dislocated injury at any time | 4.49 ± 0.64 |
Reduced or not | 4.69 ± 0.49 |
Splinted or not | 4.51 ± 0.59 |
Pertinent physical exam findings | 4.54 ± 0.57 |
Unique fracture patterns | 4.32 ± 0.75 |
Preoperative considerations |
Urgency of OR (operation) | 4.67 ± 0.54 |
Current status of patient (i.e., stable or not) | 4.72 ± 0.48 |
Patient ready for operating room (i.e., medical readiness) | 4.63 ± 0.51 |
Reversible medical conditions/comorbidities | 4.29 ± 0.63 |
Recent pertinent medical conditions (i.e., MI, stroke, PE) | 4.48 ± 0.56 |
Need for anesthesia or internal medicine consult (and whether called/seen/cleared for operation) | 4.54 ± 0.55 |
Diagnostic imaging still needing to be ordered/reviewed (i.e., cervical spine for rheumatoid arthritis patient, CT scan for preoperative planning) | 4.57 ± 0.56 |
Associated Injuries | 4.51 ± 0.55 |
Patient factors |
Substance abuse (i.e., nicotine, EToH, drugs) | 4.03 ± 0.67 |
Hand dominance | 3.20 ± 0.89 |
Functional status | 3.77 ± 0.85 |
Ambulatory status (i.e., preinjury use of walking aids) | 3.89 ± 0.81 |
Work status | 3.37 ± 0.86 |
Workers Compensation Board injury? (WCB, WSIB) | 3.17 ± 0.86 |
Prior pain/injury to current site of injury? | 3.68 ± 0.85 |
Blood work |
International normalized ratio (reversed or not) | 4.53 ± 0.62 |
Complete blood count | 3.93 ± 0.87 |
Electrolytes | 3.80 ± 0.87 |
Type and screen | 3.74 ± 0.91 |
Other |
Consent obtained (or need of 2 physician/interpreter) | 4.43 ± 0.63 |
Anything else preventing from taking patient to OR? | 4.49 ± 0.62 |