Table 1.
Overview of respondents and their institutions (total n=148)
| Grade of person completing survey | |
| Consultant paediatric emergency care | 55 (37%) |
| Consultant paediatrics | 27 (18%) |
| Consultant in paediatric infectious diseases | 30 (20%) |
| Consultant, other | 5 (3%) |
| junior doctor or trainee (junior level, up to 3 years of experience in specialty) | 5 (3%) |
| junior doctor or trainee (senior level, 4 or more years of experience in specialty) | 18 (12%) |
| Nurse | 2 (1%) |
| Paramedic | 2 (1%) |
| Other healthcare professional | 4 (3%) |
| Country of response in EU | 136 (92%) |
| Hospital setting (for 141 hospital-based respondents) | |
| Teaching or academic hospital | 118 (84%) |
| General district hospital | 23 (16%) |
| Which major transport links do you have in your geographical area?* | |
| Airport, international | 91 (73%) |
| Airport, national | 49 (40%) |
| Harbour, international | 36 (29%) |
| Harbour, national | 25 (20%) |
| Trains, international | 62 (50%) |
| Trains, main train station | 80 (65%) |
| Trains, local only | 64 (52%) |
| Motorway | 89 (72%) |
| Is your hospital located in the vicinity of a refugee camp?† | |
| Yes | 30 (26%) |
| In your hospital, where do you see children for non-planned emergency care* (tick all that apply) | |
| Paediatric emergency department | 89 (76%) |
| Mixed adult and paediatric emergency department | 16 (14%) |
| Outpatient clinics | 20 (17%) |
| Paediatric ward | 30 (26%) |
| Other | 7 (6%) |
| In your hospital, who provides the emergency care for children?† (tick all that apply) | |
| Paediatric trainees (junior level, up to 3 years of experience in specialty) | 85 (73%) |
| Paediatric trainees (senior level, 4 or more years of experience in specialty) | 78 (67%) |
| Emergency care trainees (junior level, up to 3 years of experience in specialty) | 58 (50%) |
| Emergency care trainees (senior level, 4 or more years of experience in specialty) | 55 (47%) |
| Paediatric consultants | 83 (71%) |
| Paediatric emergency care consultants | 68 (58%) |
| Emergency care consultants | 35 (30%) |
| Nurse specialist practitioners in paediatric emergency care | 53 (45%) |
| Nurse specialist practitioners in emergency care | 29 (25%) |
| Other | 5 (4%) |
| How many children (<18 years) visit your hospital for emergency care annually?† (available for 92/117) | |
| <5000 | 10 (11%) |
| 5000–10 000 | 11 (12%) |
| 10 000–25 000 | 25 (27%) |
| 25 000–50 000 | 28 (30%) |
| >50 000 | 18 (20%) |
*One response per setting including responses from non-hospital-based respondents (n=124).
†If >1 respondent from 1 setting, then used only 1 response per setting, from most senior respondent (n=117 unique hospital settings).
EU, European Union.