TABLE 1:

Respondent Characteristics for Survey of Trauma Surgeon Resuscitation Ethics for Organ Transplantation after a Non-Survivable Injury (n=31)

Age	44.00 (36.33–51.00)
Gender
Male	22 (71)
Female	9 (29)
Hospital Characteristics
Level I Trauma Center	29 (94)
Fellowships Completed
Surgical Critical Care	24 (77)
Acute Care Surgery or Trauma Surgery	15 (48)
Neither	2 (6)
Years in Practice
<5 Years	10 (32)
5–9 Years	4 (13)
10–14 Years	5 (16)
15–20 Years	6 (19)
>20 Years	6 (19)

Abbreviations: Median (IQR) for continuous variables. n (%) for categorical variables.

Over a 3-month period, we conducted a survey of trauma surgeons at ACS-verified Level I and Level II trauma centers in Tennessee to identify individual practice patterns during acute trauma resuscitation. The survey instrument was developed in collaboration with trauma surgeons, biomedical ethicists, health policy experts, and survey design experts. Survey items assessed personal demographics, level of surgeon’s experience, and hospital demographics.