Paramedic use of the Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) for medical intervention and transportation decisions

Table 1 Demographic description of survey participants

Characteristic	Median	Minimum	Maximum
Age in years	36.0 (IQR: 30.0–43.3)	26	60
# of years experience in EMS	11.0 (IQR: 5.1–16.9)	2	38
Gender	Frequency	% of Total (N = 118)
Female	26	22%
Male	92	78%
Type of EMS System
Fire-based	66	56%
Private	52	44%
Prior training on POLST
No	24	20%
Yes – self-training/ on the job	47	40%
Yes – formal training	47	40%

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