Table 1.
Characteristics of emergency medical services (EMS) personnel participating in simulations
| Characteristic | N (%) | |
| Mean age, years (SD)* | 36.9 | (8.47) |
| Gender† Female |
36 | (14.0) |
| Race/ethnicity‡ | ||
| White | 220 | (89.1) |
| Black or African American | 0 | (0) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | (2.43) |
| Asian | 4 | (1.62) |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 2 | (0.81) |
| Hispanic or Latino | 7 | (2.83) |
| Other/two or more races | 8 | (3.24) |
| Training level† | ||
| Emergency Medical Responder | 0 | (0) |
| Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) | 100 | (38.9) |
| Advanced EMT | 2 | (0.78) |
| EMT-intermediate | 25 | (9.73) |
| Paramedic | 128 | (49.8) |
| Paramedic intern | 2 | (0.78) |
| Years’ experience working in EMS§ | 11.7 | (7.84) |
| Proficiency in paediatric EMS on a scale of 1 (“Novice”) to 5 (“Expert”)† |
2.55 | (0.89) |
*n=256.
†EMS n=257.
‡n=247.
§n=258.