Training and assessment of non-technical skills in Norwegian helicopter emergency services: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study

Table 6 Flight operator employees and health enterprise employees with simulation-based training in and assessment of non-technical skills

Question category	NTS category	Flight 2015	Flight 2011	P-value		Health 2015	P-value
Question category	NTS category	(n = 56)	(n = 73)	A		(n = 53)	B
Simulation-based training of NTS	1. Decision-making	51/56 (91.1%)	50/73 (68.5%)	0.002	*	39/53 (73.6%)	0.022	*
	2. Leadership	45/56 (80.4%)	47/72 (65.3%)	0.075		35/53 (66.0%)	0.129
	3. Communication	50/56 (89.3%)	50/73 (68.5%)	0.006	*	38/53 (71.7%)	0.028	*
	4. Situation awareness	50/56 (89.3%)	49/73 (67.1%)	0.003	*	37/53 (69.8%)	0.016	*
	5. Teamwork	53/56 (94.6%)	55/73 (75.3%)	0.003	*	40/53 (75.5%)	0.006	*
	6. Managing stress	49/56 (87.5%)	47/73 (64.4%)	0.004	*	28/53 (52.8%)	< 0.001	*
	7. Coping with fatigue	32/56 (57.1%)	32/68 (47.1%)	0.284		16/53 (30.2%)	0.007	*
Assessment of NTS	1. Decision-making	46/56 (82.1%)	47/72 (65.3%)	0.045	*	32/53 (60.4%)	0.019	*
	2. Leadership	43/56 (76.8%)	44/72 (61.1%)	0.085		31/53 (58.5%)	0.064
	3. Communication	45/56 (80.4%)	44/72 (61.1%)	0.021	*	31/53 (58.5%)	0.021	*
	4. Situation awareness	45/56 (80.4%)	45/71 (63.4%)	0.049	*	29/53 (54.7%)	0.007	*
	5. Teamwork	49/56 (87.5%)	49/72 (68.1%)	0.012	*	32/53 (60.4%)	0.002	*
	6. Managing stress	46/56 (82.1%)	43/72 (59.7%)	0.007	*	20/53 (37.7%)	< 0.001	*
	7. Coping with fatigue	32/56 (57.1%)	30/69 (43.5%)	0.152		14/53 (26.4%)	0.002	*

Number and proportion (%) of Norwegian HEMS personnel employed by the flight operator and health enterprise who have undergone simulation-based training (question category I6) and assessment (question category I7) of seven (1–7) generic non-technical skills (NTS).*P-values less than 0.05 from the two-sided Fisher exact test comparing (A) the proportions of flight operator employees in 2011 and 20 and (B) flight operator employees with health enterprise employees in 2015

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