From: Paramedic attitudes towards prehospital spinal care: a cross-sectional survey
Characteristic | Question score—comparison | Question score—reference | OR (95% CI) | p |
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2.7 When treating a patient with isolated penetrating trauma to the head, neck, or torso, | Â | |||
how often do you apply spinal precautions? | Â | Â | Â | |
ALS (ref BLS) | 2 (1–2) | 3 (2–4) | 0.10 (0.05—0.21) |  < .001 |
 > 10 years exp. (ref <  = 10 years) | 2 (1–5) | 3 (1–4) | 2.65 (1.41—4.99) | 0.003 |
Men (ref Women) | 2 (1–4) | 2 (1.25–3) | 0.96 (0.56—1.66) | 0.9 |
Scoring direction: 1 (less often)—5 (more often) | ||||
OR > 1 means more likely to have a higher score | ||||
Likelihood ratio test (full model compared to intercept-only), x2(3) = 48.1, p < 0.001 | ||||
1.7 Do you feel you have been treating more or fewer patients with SMR over during your time in EMS? | ||||
ALS (ref BLS) | 4 (4–5) | 4 (3–4) | 2.93 (1.58—5.43) |  < .001 |
 > 10 years exp. (ref <  = 10 years) | 4 (4–5) | 4 (3–4) | 1.33 (0.74—2.41) | 0.3 |
Men (ref Women) | 4 (3–4.5) | 4 (3–4) | 1.16 (0.66—2.05) | 0.6 |
Scoring direction: 1 (more)—5 (fewer) | ||||
OR > 1 means more likely to have a higher score | ||||
Likelihood ratio test (full model compared to intercept-only), x2(3) = 21.0, p < 0.001 | ||||
1. All scores expressed as median (interquartile range) |