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Data: Who gets the ventilator? A survey of Australian intensivists’ opinions and experiences of triage during the COVID-19 pandemic

James Cook University
Smith, Eric ; Evans, Rebecca ; Woodward, Lynn ; Cairns, Will
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Background: Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in the critical care setting were varied and inconsistent, exposing flaws in health systems as immense pressure was put on intensivists when disaster triage was enacted. This study explored experiences and opinions of Australian intensivists working during Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) regarding triage in disaster scenarios and views on the availability and role of guidelines to support triage decision-making.

Methods: An online questionnaire, adapted from a European study, was distributed to Australian intensivists in 2023. Participants were College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM) trainees and consultants working in Australian hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined the respondents’ preferred grounds and considerations of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) triage in five case scenarios. Respondents were given various options exploring ventilator allocation decisions, consulting others and extreme expansion of ICU capacity. Preferences were examined using a 5-point Likert scale and open-ended questions with free-text responses. We performed group comparisons based on age, gender, seniority and explored alignment of decisions with ethical frameworks. Secondary outcomes included explorations of moral distress and opinions on guidelines.

This data record contains:

1 MS Excel (.xslx) file (also saved in Open Document Format) containing all 32 survey responses to questions as exported from Qualtrics, with related unique consultant (C) and trainee (T) codes as referred to in the main text for this paper. This data was analysed in SPSS, with Likert data for Questions 12-16 presented using the R studio package Likert. Some demographic fields are redacted to reduce risk of identifying respondents.

Created: 2024-09-26

Data time period: 03 2020 to 15 04 2024

Data time period: COVID-19 pandemic

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Applied Ethics | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Bioethics | COVID-19 | Clinical Health | Clinical Sciences | Emergency Medicine | Evaluation of Health and Support Services | Health | Health Policy Evaluation | Health System Performance (Incl. Effectiveness of Programs) | Intensive Care | Medical Ethics | Philosophy and Religious Studies | Treatment of Human Diseases and Conditions | ethics | pandemic triage | ventilators |

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  • DOI : 10.25903/W2F4-BX25
  • Local : researchdata.jcu.edu.au//published/2ade7ac0730c11efb4b813dd9d5164e2