Table 6.
Adequacy of PPE training and how confident respondents feel using PPE to treat COVID-19 patients.
| Emergency nurses |
Emergency physicians |
Paramedics |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Adequacy of PPE training | ||||||
| Not at all adequate | 1 | 0.7 | 3 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.9 |
| Slightly adequate | 10 | 7.3 | 10 | 9.1 | 15 | 9.3 |
| Somewhat adequate | 22 | 16.1 | 15 | 13.6 | 30 | 18.6 |
| Mostly adequate | 73 | 53.3 | 50 | 45.5 | 60 | 37.3 |
| Entirely adequate | 31 | 22.6 | 23 | 20.9 | 19 | 11.8 |
| Confidence in using PPE | ||||||
| Not at all confident | 1 | 0.6 | 3 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Slightly confident | 10 | 6.3 | 10 | 9.1 | 12 | 7.5 |
| Somewhat confident | 18 | 11.3 | 10 | 9.1 | 32 | 19.9 |
| Mostly confident | 77 | 48.4 | 59 | 53.9 | 79 | 49.1 |
| Entirely confident | 47 | 29.6 | 28 | 25.5 | 33 | 20.5 |