Baseline measurements of the average time needed to exclude or diagnose cauda equina syndrome before pathway implementation
| Components of the patient journey | |||
| ED arrival to MRI request | MRI request to MRI scan | MRI scan to provisional report | |
| Mean time (min) | 183 | 217 | 96 |
| Proportion of total patient journey (%) | 36.9 | 43.8 | 19.3 |
ED, emergency department.