The effects of Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) training program on the on-scene time interval

BMC Emergency Medicine

Table 3 On-scene time in the experimental and control groups before, after and one month after the intervention (Time in minutes)

Group		Experimental (n = 32) x̄ ± SD	Control (n = 28) x̄ ± SD	P
On scene time	Time 1^a Time 2^b Time 3^c	17.6 ± 5.5 15.1 ± 4.2 12 ± 3.8	15.6 ± 3.9 20.6 ± 20.5 19.8 ± 14.6	P = 0.11 P = 0.70 P = 0.05
On scene time	ANOVA	P < 0.001	P = 0.37	P = 0.11 P = 0.70 P = 0.05

Time 1^a = Before intervention; Time 2^b = After the intervention; Time 3^c = One month after the intervention

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