Table 1

Characteristics of study population (n=140)

Mean age ± SD (years)37.28±8.97
Sex, n (%)
 Female47 (33.57)
 Male93 (66.43)
Professional category, n (%)
 Physicians45 (32.14)
  Emergency medicine physicians29 (20.71)
  Anaesthesia and critical care physicians16 (11.43)
 Nurses45 (32.14)
  Anaesthesia nurses27 (19.29)
  Emergency medicine nurses18 (12.86)
 First-aid workers50 (35.71)
  Firefighters31 (22.14)
  Emergency medical technicians17 (12.14)
  Red Cross first-aid rescuers02 (1.43)
Professional experience, n (%)
 High (≥10 years)63 (45.00)
 Medium (5≤n<10 years)36 (25.70)
 Little (<5 years)41 (29.30)
Size of the hand squeezing the bag, n (%)
 Large (≥23 cm)21 (15.00)
 Medium (19≤n<23 cm)101 (72.14)
 Small (15≤n<19 cm)18 (12.86)
Grip strength of the hand squeezing the bag, n (%)
 High (≥40 kgF)53 (37.90)
 Medium (20≤n<40 kgF)65 (46.40)
 Weak (0≤n<20 kgF)22 (15.70)