Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Rapid sequence intubation: a survey of current practice in the South African pre-hospital setting
| Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Province | |
| Gauteng | 27 (35.5%) |
| Western Cape | 25 (32.9%) |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 13 (17.1%) |
| Eastern Cape | 5 (6.6%) |
| Free State | 2 (2.6%) |
| Mpumalanga | 1 (1.3%) |
| Northern Cape | 1 (1.3%) |
| Limpopo | 1 (1.3%) |
| North West | 1 (1.3%) |
| 76 (100%) | |
| Job title | |
| Operational paramedic (ECPa) | 47 (61.8%) |
| Lecturer/Instructor/Trainer in EMCb/EMc | 17 (22.4%) |
| Operational flight paramedic (ECPa) | 7 (9.2%) |
| Manager/Administrative/Researcher in EMCb/EMc | 4 (5.3%) |
| No response | 1 (1.3%) |
| 76 (100%) | |
| Years of total experience in pre-hospital EMSd systems | |
| 0–10 years | 49 (64.5%) |
| 11–20 years | 21 (27.6%) |
| 21–30 years | 6 (7.9%) |
| 76 (100%) | |
| Years of experience as ECPa | |
| 0–5 years | 56 (73.7%) |
| 6–12 years | 20 (26.3%) |
| 76 (100%) | |
| Organisation | |
| Private | 43 (56.6%) |
| Public (Government) | 23 (30.3%) |
| University/Training Institution | 6 (7.9%) |
| Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) | 4 (5.3%) |
| 76 (100%) | |