Table 3.
Demographic and professional characteristics of the 1154 employees in the study
| Characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Prehospital domain | |
| GEMS | 1045 (90.6) |
| HEMS | 109 (9.4) |
| Professional group | |
| EMT | 544 (47.1) |
| Paramedic | 260 (22.5) |
| Nurse EMT | 146 (12.7) |
| Anesthesiologist | 56 (4.9) |
| Nurse | 40 (3.7) |
| HCM | 31 (2.7) |
| Pilot | 25 (2.2) |
| EMT apprentice | 24 (2.1) |
| Other healthcare | 22 (1.9) |
| Administrative | 6 (0.5) |
| Regional health trust | |
| North | 212 (18.4) |
| Middle | 225 (19.5) |
| West | 280 (24.3) |
| South-East | 436 (37.8) |
| Other | 1 (0.1) |
| Prehospital seniority | |
| 5 years or less | 221 (19.2) |
| 6 to 10 years | 285 (24.7) |
| 11 to 15 years | 230 (19.9) |
| 16 to 20 years | 207 (17.9) |
| 21 years or more | 211 (18.3) |
Notes: EMT emergency medical technician. ‘Nurse EMT’ represents nurses with authorization as an EMT. ‘Nurse’ represents nurses without authorization as an EMT. GEMS ground emergency medical services, HEMS helicopter emergency medical services, HCM HEMS crew member