Table 1.
Demographic and other characteristics of EMS participants n = 274
| Demographic and other characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) mean ± standard deviation | 32.88 ± 6.29 |
| Range (years) | 24–59 |
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Gender (n = 267)a | |
| Male | 201 (75.3) |
| Female | 66 (24.7) |
| Ethnicity (n = 251)a | |
| UAE Arab | 9 (3.6) |
| Non UAE Arab | 20 (8.0) |
| Caucasian | 12 (4.8) |
| South Asian | 117 (46.6) |
| Far East Asian | 90 (13.6) |
| African | 3 (1.2) |
| Years of experience (n = 264)a | |
| Less than 1 year | 52 (19.7) |
| 1–3 years | 48 (18.2) |
| 3–5 years | 35 (13.3) |
| More than 5 years | 129 (48.9) |
| Attended educational course on stroke (n = 262)a | 97 (37.0) |
| Number of stroke cases attended to per month (n = 260)a | |
| None | 24 (9.2) |
| 1–4 | 198 (76.2) |
| 5–10 | 23 (8.8) |
| Greater than 10 | 15 (5.8) |
UAE United Arab Emirates
a Number in brackets represents the number of people who answered the question