Table 4 Summary of survey results collected from recovery room nurses who used the Life Support for Trauma and Transport (LSTAT™) in managing patients recovering from surgery

LSTAT for patient care in the postanesthetic care unit

   Did the monitoring equipment in the LSTAT allow proper management of the patient?

   Were the LSTAT controls accessible and easy to operate?

   Did you find the table of vital signs useful for filling out your nursing record?

Critical events

   In the recovery room, were critical changes in vital signs detected in a timely manner using the LSTAT?

   Were there any limitations in the LSTAT equipment that prevented you from detecting critical changes in vital signs and adequately addressing them?

   Were there any features of the LSTAT that improved your ability to detect critical changes in vital signs and address them?

   If no other medical equipment were available and you were called upon to evaluate and resuscitate a patient with the LSTAT in a remote setting, do you feel it would be sufficient?

Recovery room to ambulatory surgery discharge area or hospital bed transports

   Did you notice any particular advantage of the LSTAT during intra-hospital transports?

   Was the location of the patient connectors and lines allow for unobstructed access to the patient, controls and displays?

   Was the hand held display useful in monitoring vital signs during transport?

   Were the patient's vital signs easy to monitor during transport?