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Table 1 Example of the analytic process

From: Traffic police officers’ use of first aid skills at work: a qualitative content analysis of focus group discussions in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Meaning unit

Code

Subcategory

Category

‘We have our emergency number, any person can call, and then we receive the information from the station where the accident has occurred.’

(Participant in FG 1)

Emergency number

Emergency call system

Resources for first aid

‘I tell you we are not given gloves or anything as part of our job. If you love yourself, you will have to buy them, or when you send the victim to hospital you will privately ask a nurse to give you some.’ (Participant in FG 1)

Lack of gloves

Equipment and materials for first aid

 

‘Many times, we ask for a lift from people or we take motorcycle taxis to get to the site of an accident because we have few vehicles.’ (Participant FG 5)

Inadequate police vehicles

Transport to and from the crash scene