Table 2 Capacity and workload characteristics of the four interviewed hospitals
| Â | Â | MM(1) | TH (2) | SH(3) | WH(4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Public/Private | Private | Public | Private | Private |
| Â | Jurisdiction | NTC | NTC | NTC | TC |
| Â | Accreditation level | MC | RH | RH | MC |
| Â | Emergency responsible hospital | Severe level | General level | Severe level | Severe level |
Capacity | Total number of beds | 1009 | 517 | 1130 | 726 |
Total number of burn beds | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Hospital staffing | 1723 | 751 | 2206 | 1667 | |
ED staffing/day@ | 38 | 20 | 39 | 40 | |
Number of plastic surgeons | 4 AP + 4 RP | 1 AP** | 2 AP*1 | 6 AP | |
Number of ICU beds/average occupancy rate | 53/ 95% | 30/ 90% | 72/ 92% | 47/ 94% | |
ED capacity (observation beds + resuscitation beds) | 28 + 4 | 20 + 3 | 34 + 4 | 26 + 4 | |
|  | Driving time from the disaster scene |  ~ 20 min |  ~ 22 min |  ~ 27 min |  ~ 47 min |
| Â | Arrival time of the first burn patient (disaster time 20:32) | 21:07 (0.5Â h) | 22:04 (1.5Â h) | 22:17 (1.6Â h) | 23:35 (3Â h) |
| Â | Received/registered FFCDE patients | 60/44 | 30/29 | 13/11 | 15/14 |
Workload | Burn severity (TBSA [average])* | 1–90%, (48.6%) | 5–72%, (36.3%) | 10–85%, (51.3%) | 8–70%, (40.6%) |
| Â | Intubated patents in ED | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
|  | Number of ED patients before the FFCDE patients’ arrival | 43 | 17 | 27 | 26 |
| Â | Number of non-FFCDE patients admitted during MCI | 13 | 36 | 45 | 25 |