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Table 5. Simulation Summary-ED Performance Indicators

Wed.
Mondays Tuesdays Thursday, &
Day of the Week Peak Peak Fridays Peak
Arrivals Arrivals
Arrivals
Utilization Rate: Doctors 99.20% 99.18% 99.15%
Utilization Rate: Nurses Accompanying 99.20% 99.18% 99.15%
Doctors
Utilization Rate Triage Station 84.63% 61.84% 58.63%
Average Time Triage Station (minutes) 18.6 5.4 5.4
Utilization Rate: Registration Station 66.72% 47.56% 61.56%
Average Time Registration Station (minutes) 1.2 1 1
Utilization Rate: First Assessment station 99.20% 99.14% 99.11%
Average Time in First Assessment Station (Hrs) 5.3 5.14 4.78
nd
Utilization Rate: 2 Assessment Station 57.67% 53.72% 61.56%
Average Time in 2nd Assessment Station 63 53.4 58.2
(minutes)
Utilization Rate: Lab Test Station 44.94% 46.35% 46.73%
Average Time in Lab Station (Hours) 18 13.8 15

Table 6. Alternative 1 details

Alternative 1: Hire one more doctor and one more nurse
Working Night Shift Day Shift Evening Shift
schedules (12:00 am - 8:00 am) (8:00 am - 4:00 pm) (4:00 pm - 12:00 am)
Physicians 2 2 2
Nurses 2 2 2
Registration Nurses 1 1 1
Triage Nurses 1 1 1

Alternative 2: hire two more doctors and two more nurses, and schedule the most
resources in the evening shift since more patients visit the ED during that time. See Table
7 below.

Table 7. Alternative 2 details

Alternative 2: Hire two more doctors and two more nurses
Night Shift
Working Day Shift Evening Shift
schedules (12:00 am - 8:00 (8:00 am - 4:00 pm) (4:00 pm - 12:00 am)
am)
Physicians 2 2 3
Nurses 2 2 3
Registration 1 1 1
Nurses
Triage Nurses 1 1 1