Fig. 1

Overview of the prehospital emergency physicians (PHEPs) and psychiatrists (PSs) interviewed, based on their experience. The graph shows prehospital emergency physicians (blue bars) and psychiatrists (grey bars) from bottom to top, starting with the inexperienced PHEPs (< 1 year of additional qualification in emergency medicine) and the inexperienced PSs (25–35 years), followed by the experienced PHEPs (1–5 years of additional qualification in emergency medicine) and the experienced PSs (35–45 years) as well as the very experienced PHEPs (> 5 years of additional qualification in emergency medicine) and the very experienced PSs (> 45 years). The number of respondents can be read on the abscissa. PHEP: prehospital emergency physician, PS: psychiatrist