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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: Would anti-choking devices be correctly and quickly managed by health science students? A manikin crossover trial

Variables

Participants n = 43

Age (years)

21.0 (21.0 – 23.0)

Sex

 Male

27 (62.8)

 Female

16 (37.2)

Degree

 Nursing

24 (55.8)

 Medicine

19 (44.2)

Prior training in FBAO

 Yes

31 (72.1)

 No

12 (27.9)

Years since training

3.0 (1.0 – 3.0)

If you witness a FBAO, would you be able to solve it?

 Yes

28 (65.1)

 No

15 (34.9)

Have you ever witnessed a FBAO?

 Yes

5 (11.6)

 No

38 (88.4)

Years since having witnessed the FBAO

8.0 (3.3 – 10.5)

Have you intervened when the FBAO? (n = 5)

 Yes

3 (60.0)

 No

2 (40.0)

  1. kg kilogram; m meters; FBAO Foreign Body Airway Obstruction
  2. Continuous variables are expressed with median (interquartile range)
  3. Categorical variables are expressed with absolute frequency (relative frequency)