Table 2.
Percentage of Cardiology Participants (n = 47), Emergency Medicine Participants (n = 50), and Other Participants (n = 9) Providing Each Response to Perceptions of Ambulance Services Items (N = 106).
| Very Unsatisfied | Somewhat Unsatisfied | Neutral | Somewhat Satisfied | Very Satisfied | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How satisfied are you with the current ambulance services level of care given to Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) patients? | Cardiology | 2.1 | 23.4 | 31.9 | 29.8 | 12.8 | 0.06 |
| Emergency medicine | 12.0 | 8.0 | 42.0 | 36.0 | 2.0 | ||
| Other | 0.0 | 11.1 | 33.3 | 55.6 | 0.0 | ||
| Total | 6.6 | 15.1 | 36.8 | 34.9 | 6.6 | ||
| Item | Group | Very Unlikely | Somewhat Unlikely | Neutral | Somewhat Likely | Very Likely | p |
| If a patient with a cardiac emergency contacts you directly, how likely are you to advise that them to use the ambulance services to go to hospital? | Cardiology | 2.1 | 6.4 | 8.5 | 27.7 | 55.3 | 0.43 |
| Emergency medicine | 2.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 16.0 | 76.0 | ||
| Other | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 77.8 | ||
| Total | 1.9 | 2.8 | 6.6 | 21.7 | 67.0 | ||
| How likely are you to use the ambulance services for you or your family, if a cardiac emergency occurs? | Cardiology | 10.6 | 6.4 | 17.0 | 25.5 | 40.4 | 0.25 |
| Emergency medicine | 10.0 | 10.0 | 28.0 | 14.0 | 38.0 | ||
| Other | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 55.6 | 33.3 | ||
| Total | 9.4 | 7.5 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 38.7 | ||
Notes: Table entries are percentages. p values are from chi-square tests of independence. Medians are presented in bold.