Table 1.

Participant demographics.

Participant	Total length of service (emergency response)	Length of time qualified as a paramedic	Initial qualification gained to achieve registration	Further education in HEI related to paramedicine since qualification	Gender
1	More than 2 years	More than 2 years	DipHe	BSc	F
2	More than 10 years	More than 2 years	DipHe	None	M
3	More than 2 years	More than 2 years	DipHe	None	M
4	More than 10 years	More than 10 years	DipHe	BSc	M
5	More than 10 years	More than 5 years	DipHe	Currently engaged at BSc level	M
6	More than 10 years	More than 2 years	DipHe	BSc	F
7	More than 10 years	More than 10 years	BSc	MSc	F
8	More than 20 years	More than 20 years	IHCD	DipHe	M
9	More than 15 years	More than 2 years	DipHe	None	F
10	More than 15 years	More than 2 years	DipHe	None	F
11	More than 10 years	More than 2 years	DipHe	BSc	F
12	More than 5 years	More than 1 year	DipHe	None	M
13	More than 10 years	More than 1 year	DipHe	None	F
14	More than 15 years	More than 8 years	DipHe	None	M
15	More than 20 years	More than 20 years	IHCD	DipHe BSc MSc	F

BSc = Bachelor of Science; DipHe = Diploma of Higher Education; HEI = higher education institute; IHCD = Institute of Healthcare and Development; MSc = Master of Science.