Exploring Factors Affecting the Emergency Specialists’ Decision-Making in Case of Emergencies in Patients

Table 1

Factors affecting the emergency specialists’ decision-making in case of emergencies in patients.

Main theme: efforts to perceive the acute health threats of the patient
Categories	Subcategories	Concepts
Identification of the acute threats based on the patient’s condition	Clinical conditions	Critical signs and symptoms
		Designated triage level for patients
	Clinical experiences	Similar clinical conditions
		Recognition of suspected emergency situations based on experience
		The patient’s response to treatment measures
	Additional diagnostic methods	The results of diagnostic tests
		Consultation
Identification of acute threats based on peripheral conditions	Patients’ conditions before arrival to the emergency department	The patient quality services before admitted the emergency department
		Triage level reported by EMS staff
	Work conditions	Sufficient or insufficient facilities
		Professional rules and regulations
	Patients and families’ approaches	Expectations of patients and their families
		The perceived level of the disease severity by the patient and his/her family