Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (n = 240)
| Total participants (n) | 240 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Female (n) | 178 (74%) | ||
| Median age (years) | 37 (IQR 31–52) | ||
| Median working experience (years) | 14 (IQR 7–27) | ||
| n | /N | % | |
| Profession category | |||
| Nurse | 149 | /240 | 62% |
| Nurse practitioner / Physician assistant | 9 | /240 | 4% |
| Resident | 37 | /240 | 15% |
| Medical specialist | 45 | /240 | 19% |
| Profession category per department | |||
| Department of Anaesthesiology | 31 | /240 | 13% |
| Nurses | 3 | /31 | 10% |
| NP / PA | 3 | /31 | 10% |
| Residents | 10 | /31 | 32% |
| Medical specialists | 15 | /31 | 48% |
| Department of Paediatrics | 38 | /240 | 16% |
| Nurses | 26 | /38 | 68% |
| NP / PA | 1 | /38 | 3% |
| Residents | 4 | /38 | 11% |
| Medical specialists | 7 | /38 | 18% |
| Emergency Department | 23 | /240 | 9% |
| Nurses | 15 | /23 | 65% |
| NP / PA | 0 | /23 | 0% |
| Residents | 7 | /23 | 30% |
| Medical specialists | 1 | /23 | 5% |
| Intensive Care Unit | 80 | /240 | 33% |
| Nurses | 63 | /80 | 79% |
| NP / PA | 1 | /80 | 1% |
| Residents | 8 | /80 | 10% |
| Medical specialists | 8 | /80 | 10% |
| Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | 35 | /240 | 15% |
| Nurses | 23 | /35 | 65% |
| NP / PA | 3 | /35 | 9% |
| Residents | 3 | /35 | 9% |
| Medical specialists | 6 | /35 | 17% |
| Paediatric Intensive Care Unit | 33 | /240 | 14% |
| Nurses | 19 | /33 | 58% |
| NP / PA | 1 | /33 | 3% |
| Residents | 5 | /33 | 15% |
| Medical specialists | 8 | /33 | 24% |
| Median interval since last education (months) | 8 (IQR 3–14) | ||
| Nurses (n = 128) | 8 (IQR 3–12) | ||
| NP / PA (n = 8) | 13 (IQR 4–20) | ||
| Residents (n = 36) | 6 (IQR 2–12) | ||
| Medical specialists (n = 43) | 12 (IQR 2–24) | ||
| Missing (n = 25) | |||
| Previously attended life support courses (more than 1 possible) (n (%)) | |||
| No life support education | 24 (10%) | ||
| Advanced Paediatric Life Support | 65 (27%) | ||
| Paediatric Advanced Life Support | 29 (12%) | ||
| European Paediatric Advanced Life Support | 15 (6%) | ||
| Advanced Cardiac Life Support | 42 (18%) | ||
| Advanced Trauma Life Support | 48 (20%) | ||
| Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support | 7 (3%) | ||
| Training by department | 145 (60%) | ||
| Theoretical lecture | 76 (32%) | ||
| Other life support education | 47 (20%) | ||
IQR interquartile range, NP nurse practitioner, PA physician assistant