Characteristics of study population (n=140)
Mean age ± SD (years) | 37.28±8.97 |
Sex, n (%) | |
Female | 47 (33.57) |
Male | 93 (66.43) |
Professional category, n (%) | |
Physicians | 45 (32.14) |
Emergency medicine physicians | 29 (20.71) |
Anaesthesia and critical care physicians | 16 (11.43) |
Nurses | 45 (32.14) |
Anaesthesia nurses | 27 (19.29) |
Emergency medicine nurses | 18 (12.86) |
First-aid workers | 50 (35.71) |
Firefighters | 31 (22.14) |
Emergency medical technicians | 17 (12.14) |
Red Cross first-aid rescuers | 02 (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) |