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. 2024 Jan 1;16(1):e51464. doi: 10.7759/cureus.51464

Table 1. Basic characteristics of the study participants.

EM: Emergency medicine; ICU: Intensive care unit; IQR: Interquartile range; NICU: Neonates intensive care unit; SD: Standard deviation

Age (years) Mean (SD) 35.77 (9.93)
Median (IQR) 34 (14)
Min-Max 18 - 75
Parameters Category Total Count (n= 242) Percentage
Gender Male 115 47.5
Female 127 52.5
Department Anesthesia 41 16.9
Pediatric 51 21.1
EM 50 20.7
ICU 50 20.7
NICU 50 20.7
Profession category Medical specialist 64 26.4
Resident 55 22.7
Nurse 123 50.8
Previously attended life support courses No life support education 14 5.8
Advanced Paediatric Life Support 94 38.8
European Paediatric Advanced Life support 2 0.8
Advanced Cardiac Life Support 104 43.0
Advanced Trauma Life Support 30 12.4
Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support 2 0.8
Training by department 37 15.3
Theoretical lecture 17 7.0
Other life support education 82 33.9
Working experience in years Total Mean (SD) 9.28 (8.295)
Median (IQR) 8 (11)
Medical specialist   Mean (SD) 16.98 (9.58)
Median (IQR) 15.5 (13.75)
Resident   Mean (SD) 3.76 (4.446)
Median (IQR) 2 (3)
Nurse Mean (SD) 7.755 (5.70)
Median (IQR) 8 (13)
Interval since the last education Total Mean (SD) 5.5679 (7.69)
Median (IQR) 2 (8)
Medical specialist   Mean (SD) 8.26 (9.537)
Median (IQR) 5 (9)
Resident   Mean (SD) 3.459 (8.019)
Median (IQR) 1 (2)
Nurse Mean (SD) 5.01 (5.748)
Median (IQR) 2 (8)