137 Does Boarding Time in the Emergency Department Contribute to Mortality Among Those Who Are Mechanically Ventilated?

Abstract

With emergency department (ED) crowding, poor patient flow, and overwhelmed hospital systems, ED boarding is common. Boarding time (BT) has previously been associated with numerous negative patient outcomes, including increased in-hospital mortality, hospital length of stay, and decreased ventilator free days. There is little data on the association between BT and mortality among those who receive mechanical ventilation (MV) in the ED. We hypothesized that BT was associated with increased mortality and decreased hospital free days (HFD) in subjects who received MV in the ED.