Table 1 Sociodemographic and job-related characteristics of the survey participants
Survey participants N = 428 | |
|---|---|
Age, mean (±SD) | 36.6 (±13.2) |
Gender, n (%) | |
Male | 324 (75.7) |
Female | 103 (24.1) |
Diverse | 1 (0.2) |
German federal state with main EMS activity, n (%) | |
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania | 297 (69.4) |
Baden-Wuerttemberg | 13 (3.0) |
Bavaria | 9 (2.1) |
Berlin | 7 (1.6) |
Brandenburg | 8 (1.9) |
Bremen | 0 (0) |
Hamburg | 19 (4.4) |
Hesse | 13 (3.0) |
Lower Saxony | 17 (4.0) |
North Rhine-Westphalia | 23 (5.4) |
Rhineland-Palatinate | 8 (1.9) |
Saarland | 0 (0) |
Saxony | 1 (0.2) |
Saxony-Anhalt | 1 (0.2) |
Schleswig-Holstein | 4 (0.9) |
Thuringia | 8 (1.9) |
Highest qualification in EMS, n (%) | |
Emergency physician | 73 (17.1) |
Paramedic | 190 (44.4) |
Advanced emergency medical technician (AEMT) | 28 (6.5) |
Emergency medical technician (EMT) | 89 (20.8) |
Emergency medical responder (EMR) | 3 (0.7) |
I am in training to become an emergency physician | 1 (0.2) |
I am in training to become a paramedic | 41 (9.6) |
I am in training to become an AEMT | 0 (0) |
I am in training to become an EMT | 1 (0.2) |
I am in training to become an EMR | 0 (0) |
Other qualification | 2 (0.5) |
Duration of employment in the EMS, n (%) | |
Less than 1 year | 14 (3.6) |
1–5 years | 97 (25.2) |
6–10 years | 86 (22.3) |
11–15 years | 57 (14.8) |
16–20 years | 41 (10.6) |
More than 20 years | 90 (23.4) |
Type of EMS employment, n (%) | |
I work full-time | 258 (67.0) |
I work part-time, 20 h or more per week | 21 (5.5) |
I work part-time, less than 20 h per week | 25 (6.5) |
Only participate in the duty system: regularly | 44 (11.4) |
Only participate in the duty system: sporadically | 26 (6.8) |
Other | 10 (2.6) |
Not answered | 1 (0.3) |
Area of responsibility in EMS Multiple choice, number of answers (% participants) | n = 428 (100%) |
571 responses 1.3 MRF/P | |
Emergency rescue (ground ambulance) | 404 (94.4) |
Emergency rescue (air ambulance) | 17 (4.0) |
Intensive care transport | 34 (7.9) |
Qualified patient transport | 72 (16.8) |
Dispatch center | 26 (6.1) |
Other | 18 (4.2) |
Service area in EMS, n (%) | |
Urban | 79 (18.5) |
Rural | 126 (29.4) |
Urban AND rural | 222 (51.9) |
Not answered | 1 (0.2) |
Number of hospitals in the EMS service area, n (%) | |
0–2 | 113 (26.4) |
3–4 | 179 (41.8) |
5–6 | 63 (14.7) |
7–8 | 32 (7.5) |
≥ 9 | 36 (8.4) |
Not answered | 5 (1.2) |
Average calls per 24 h, n (%) | |
Fewer than 3 calls | 8 (1.9) |
3–5 calls | 176 (41.1) |
6–8 calls | 130 (30.4) |
More than 8 calls | 103 (24.1) |
I don’t have calls | 7 (1.6) |
Not answered | 4 (0.9) |