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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Effect of an interactive cardiopulmonary resuscitation assist device with an automated external defibrillator synchronised with a ventilator on the CPR performance of emergency medical service staff: a randomised simulation study

Number of participants analysed

106

Duration of each CPR simulation session (min)

8.2 (±0.4)

Female gender

29 (26%)

Age (yrs)

26 (±7.1)

Professional experience as EMS staff member (yrs)

4.0 (±5.8)

Cumulative number of CPR trainings of both team members within the last five years

8.4 (±3.9)

Paramedic

28 (25%)

EMT in vocational training to become paramedic

63 (56%)

EMT not in vocational training to become paramedic

21 (19%)

  1. The data are presented as means (standard deviation) for continuous data and numbers (%) for categorical data
  2. EMS emergency medical service; EMT emergency medical technician