Table 1 Characteristics of selected EMT-Ps categorized by their most recent response to emergency medical services (EMS) call involving different levels of mission complexity.
Total (N = 242) | EMT-1 missions (N = 203) | EMT-2 missions (N = 19) | EMT-P and/or CPR missions (N = 20) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||||
Male | 228 (94.2%) | 195 (96.1%) | 16 (84.2%) | 17 (85.0%) | < 0.05 |
Female | 14 (5.8%) | 8 (3.9%) | 3 (15.8%) | 3 (15.0%) | |
EMT’s age (year) | |||||
Median (IQR) | 38.0 (8.00) | 38.0 (8.00) | 39.0 (8.00) | 37.5 (9.50) | 0.94 |
Job tenure | |||||
≤ 10 years | 77 (31.8%) | 64 (31.5%) | 5 (26.3%) | 8 (40.0%) | 0.66 |
> 10 years | 165 (68.2%) | 139 (68.5%) | 14 (73.7%) | 12 (60.0%) | |
Daily responses to EMS calls (response/day) | |||||
Median (IQR) | 4.00 (4.00) | 4.00 (4.00) | 5.00 (4.50) | 4.00 (2.50) | 0.64 |
Weekly workdays on EMS shifts (day/week) | |||||
Median (IQR) | 4.00 (1.00) | 4.00 (1.00) | 4.00 (1.00) | 4.00 (1.00) | 0.22 |
Patient’s gender | |||||
Male | 166 (68.6%) | 139 (68.5%) | 10 (52.6%) | 17 (85.0%) | 0.10 |
Female | 76 (31.4%) | 64 (31.5%) | 9 (47.4%) | 3 (15.0%) | |
Patient’s age (year) | |||||
Median (IQR) | 60.0 (20.0) | 60.0 (23.0) | 70.0 (27.5) | 62.5 (19.0) | 0.08 |
Number of provided procedures | |||||
Median (IQR) | 2.00 (2.00) | 2.00 (2.00) | 4.00 (3.00) | 7.00 (2.00) | < 0.05 |
Total time of the call | |||||
≤ 1 h | 121 (50.0%) | 103 (50.7%) | 9 (47.4%) | 9 (45.0%) | 0.89 |
> 1 h | 121 (50.0%) | 100 (49.3%) | 10 (52.6%) | 11 (55.0%) | |
Date of the call | |||||
Yesterday | 14 (5.8%) | 11 (5.4%) | 2 (10.5%) | 1 (5.0%) | 0.50 |
2 or 3 days before | 86 (35.5%) | 76 (37.4%) | 6 (31.6%) | 4 (20.0%) | |
4 or 5 days before | 109 (45.0%) | 90 (44.3%) | 9 (47.4%) | 10 (50.0%) | |
> 1 week before | 33 (13.6%) | 26 (12.8%) | 2 (10.5%) | 5 (25.0%) | |
