1) On a scale from 1 to 10 (10 being totally prepared and 1 being totally unprepared), do you think your hospital is prepared to manage a surge of H1N1 flu patients this fall and winter? (totally prepared) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 (totally unprepared) 1 1.05% 2.59% 11. 18. 11.51% 17.55% 10.55% 15.53% 7.19% 3.74% 2) During the H1N1 outbreak during the winter and spring of 09, did patients come to your emergency department seeking care (or to confirm they have) they had H1N1flu? 92.52% 7.48% 1
3) If the answer to question 2 was yes, then what percentage of patients came seeking care for (or confirm they have) H1N1 flu? 33.94% 23.87% 13.42% 7.19% 3.55% 1.44% 4.41% 8.82% 1-5% 6-11- 21-30 % 31-41- > I don t know 4) Based on your experience during the H1N1 flu season, how concerned are you about your emergency department s ability to care for additional patients seeking care this fall and winter (or to confirm they have) for the flu? 35.0 53.79% 9.68% 1.53% Very Concerned Concerned t Concerned Experience Yet 2
5) Are you aware of ACEP s H1N1 Strategic Plan for clinicians and hospitals? 33.75% 66.25% 6) If yes, have you implemented any of the plan? 21.96% 36.82% 3
7) In your opinion, is your hospital doing everything it can to ready itself for the possibility of a severe flu outbreak? 50.53% 21.67% 23.68% 4.12% Somewhat, but there's more to be done, we are not doing nearly enough Don t know 8) In your opinion, do you think the federal government is doing everything it can to give you the resources you need to effectively respond to a severe flu outbreak? 16. 41.99% 29.43% 12.08% Somewhat, but there s more that could be done Don t Know 4
9) Does your hospital s plan to prepare for H1N1 include: A) A separate triage area (from the Emergency Department waiting room) 41.04% 58. B) Patient Call Center 22.15% 77.85% 5
C) Posted signs directing people with suspected H1N1 to a specific location 58. 41. 10) Are you a department director/chair of your emergency department? 76.41% 23.49% 6
11) Are you a practicing emergency physician? 97. 2. 12) Is your practice primarily: administrative, clinical, teaching, other medical? (select one) 79.58% 8.82% 9.97% 1.63% Administrative Clinical Teaching Other Medical 7
13) In what state do you practice? Alabama 0.86% Idaho 0.29% Alaska 0.58% Illinois 4.03% Arizona 1.92% Indiana 2.11% Arkansas 0.58% Iowa 0.86% Armed Forces Europe Kansas 0.38% Canada, Africa, Middle East 0.67% Kentucky 1.25% Armed Forces Pacific 0.29% Louisiana 1.34% California 9.68% Maine 0.58% Colorado 2. Maryland 2.21% Connecticut 1.82% Massachusetts 2.88% Delaware 0.58% Michigan 4.31% District of Columbia 1.25% Minnesota 2.21% Florida 4.12% Mississippi 1.25% Georgia 3.07% Missouri 1.92% Hawaii 0.19% Montana 0.38% Nebraska 0.58% South Carolina 1.34% Nevada 0.48% Tennessee 1.63% New Hampshire 0.77% Texas 5.47% New Jersey 1.53% Utah 0.86% New Mexico 0.38% Vermont 0. New York 7.67% Virginia 3.47% rth Carolina 3.26% Washington 4.31% Ohio 3.45% West Virginia 0.38% Oklahoma 0.77% Wisconsin 1.44% Oregon 1.15% Wyoming 0.19% Pennsylvania 5.47% Puerto Rico 0.29% Rhode Island 0.67% 8
14) What is your annual emergency department volume? >100,000 90,000-99,000 80,000-89,000 70,000-79,000 60,000-69,000 50,000-59,000 40,000-49,000 30,000-39,000 20,000-29,000 10,000-19,000 <10,000 9