Table 6.

Inter-rater reliability of evaluations of mechanisms of injury in a paramedic spine survey

Group	Fleiss' kappa (95% CI)
All raters, all questions	0.31 (0.09—0.49)
Demographic trait
ALS	0.31 (0.08—0.51)
BLS	0.31 (0.10—0.47)
> 10 years’ experience	0.31 (0.09—0.49)
<  = 10 years’ experience	0.31 (0.12—0.47)
Men	0.31 (0.09—0.49)
Women	0.34 (0.07—0.51)
MOI type
Geriatrics	0.03 (-0.01—0.05)
Pediatrics	0.03 (-0.01—0.03)
Assaults	0.04 (-0.01—0.04)
MVCs	-0.01 (-0.02—0.01)
Falls	0.43 (0.04—0.68)

ALS, advanced life support; BLS, basic life support; MOI, mechanism of injury; MVC, motor vehicle crash