Does participation in the European Trauma Course lead to new behaviours and organisational change? A Portuguese experience

Table 1 Characteristics of responders (n = 126)

Sex (female)	76 (60%)
Age (years), Median (IQR), (n = 122)	33 (31–36)
Medical doctor	123 (98%)
Specialist	80 (64%)
Resident	43 (34%)
Nurse	3 (2%)
Years of practice (years), Median (IQR), (n = 123)	7 (4–10)
Current status in hospital, (n = 119)
Formal leadership status	27 (23%)
No formal leadership status	92 (77%)
Previous Trauma Courses ^a(Yes)	67 (53%)
Previous Experience in Teaching ^b (Yes)	75 (60%)
Currently ETC instructor (Yes)	31 (25%)
Previous Trauma Experience (Yes)	106 (84%)
Currently, do you deal with trauma patients? (Yes)	119 (94%)
Number of Trauma Resuscitations /month, (n = 119)
<2 Trauma Resuscitations	21 (17%)
2–3 Trauma Resuscitations	27 (23%)
> 3 Trauma Resuscitations	71 (60%)
Workplace
Hospital with Medical-Surgical emergency	65 (52%)
Trauma Centre	52 (41%)
Other places	9 (7%)
After ETC, did you modified your patient trauma approach? (Yes)	118 (94%)

^aThe majority have attended Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) (27%) or Pre-hospital trauma course (9%)
^bThe majority teach Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Critical Care Medicine (CCM). Data are presented as absolute counts and (%) unless otherwise indicated. Interquartile range (IQR) is expressed as 1^st quartile and 3^rd quartile

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