Table 1 Description of the characteristics of patients and their injuries for the pre-intensivist, partial intensivist, and full-time intensivist periods
| Â | Pre-intensivist Period | Partial Intensivist Period | Full-time Intenstivist Period | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N = 11,399 | N = 5,540 | N = 1,979 | P-Value* | |||
Age, mean, (SD) | 37.2 | (17.8) | 39.7 | (18.8) | 42.6 | (19.6) | < .001 |
Died, N, (%) | 191 | (1.7) | 122 | (2.2) | 52 | (2.6) | .004 |
Male, N, (%) | 7,496 | (65.8) | 3,856 | (69.6) | 1,403 | (70.9) | < .001 |
Race/Ethnicity, N, (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | < .001 |
   Hispanic | 2,191 | (19.2) | 1,041 | (18.8) | 285 | (14.4) |  |
   African American | 313 | (2.8) | 161 | (2.9) | 48 | (2.4) |  |
   American Indian | 738 | (6.5) | 360 | (6.5) | 175 | (8.8) |  |
   Asian | 97 | (0.9) | 65 | (1.2) | 17 | (0.9) |  |
   Other/Unknown | 146 | (1.3) | 91 | (1.6) | 17 | (0.9) |  |
   White, non-Hispanic | 7,914 | (69.4) | 3,822 | (69.0) | 1,437 | (72.6) |  |
Body Part Injured, N, (%) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | < .001 |
   Head or neck | 4,398 | (38.6) | 2,140 | (38.7) | 773 | (39.2) |  |
   Face | 524 | (4.6) | 213 | (3.9) | 84 | (4.3) |  |
   Chest | 747 | (6.6) | 572 | (10.3) | 346 | (17.5) |  |
   Abdomen, pelvic contents | 538 | (4.7) | 353 | (6.4) | 161 | (8.2) |  |
   Extremities, pelvic girdle | 1,655 | (14.5) | 1,245 | (22.5) | 450 | (22.8) |  |
   External** | 3,533 | (31.0) | 1,012 | (18.3) | 160 | (8.1) |  |