Table 3.
Demographics of OBLS participants who completed training.
| Hospital- based |
Prehospital | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 43 (55.8) | 34 (44.2) | 77 (100) | |
| Average Age | 45.4±11.2 | 42.3±13.0 | 43±13 | |
| Underrepresented minority | 10 (23.3) | 8 (23.5) | 18 (23.4) | |
| Gender | ||||
| Female | 35 (81.4) | 8 (23.5) | 43 (55.8) | |
| Male | 5 (11.6) | 29 (85.3) | 34 (44.2) | |
| Category | Prehospital-advanced | 30 (88.2) | ||
| Prehospital-basic | 7 (20.6) | |||
| Physician* | 15 (34.9) | |||
| Advanced Practice Provider† | 4 (9.3) | |||
| Nurse‡ | 13 (30.2) | |||
| GME learner§ | 6 (14.0) | |||
| Other∥ | 2 (4.7) | |||
| Experience > 5 years | 24 (55.8) | 24 (70.6) | 48 (62.3) | |
| Geographic area of practice | ||||
| Northeast | 25 (58.1) | 1 (2.9) | 26 (33.8) | |
| Southwest | 12 (28.9) | 33 (97.0) | 45 (58.4) | |
| West | 3 (6.9) | 1 (2.9) | 4 (5.2) | |
| Southeast | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Midwest | 0 | 2 (5.9) | 2 (2.6) | |
| Qualified as instructor | 30 (69.8) | 14 (41.2) | 44 (57.1) |
GME, graduate medical education
Data are mean±SD or n (%)
Physicians consist of obstetrician gynecologists (n=4), maternal fetal medicine specialists (n=4), critical care physician (n=3), obstetric hospitalist (n=1), trauma surgeon (n=1), emergency medicine physician (n=1), and anesthesiologist (n=1)
Advanced practice providers include certified registered nurse anesthetist (n=2), nurse practitioner (n=1) and midwife (n=1)
Nurses consist of Labor and delivery nurses (n=8), critical care nurse (n=2), emergency medicine nurse (n=2), and women’s health ambulatory clinic nurse (n=1)
GME learners consist of obstetrics and gynecology residents (n=3) and maternal fetal medicine fellows (n=3)
“Other” consists of emergency medicine and intensive care unit medical technicians (n=2)