Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (n = 240)

Female (n)

178 (74%)

Median age (years)

37 (IQR 31–52)

Median working experience (years)

14 (IQR 7–27)

n

/N

%

Profession category

 Nurse

149

/240

62%

 Nurse practitioner / Physician assistant

9

/240

4%

 Resident

37

/240

15%

 Medical specialist

45

/240

19%

Profession category per department

Department of Anaesthesiology

31

/240

13%

 Nurses

3

/31

10%

 NP / PA

3

/31

10%

 Residents

10

/31

32%

 Medical specialists

15

/31

48%

Department of Paediatrics

38

/240

16%

 Nurses

26

/38

68%

 NP / PA

1

/38

3%

 Residents

4

/38

11%

 Medical specialists

7

/38

18%

Emergency Department

23

/240

9%

 Nurses

15

/23

65%

 NP / PA

0

/23

0%

 Residents

7

/23

30%

 Medical specialists

1

/23

5%

Intensive Care Unit

80

/240

33%

 Nurses

63

/80

79%

 NP / PA

1

/80

1%

 Residents

8

/80

10%

 Medical specialists

8

/80

10%

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

35

/240

15%

 Nurses

23

/35

65%

 NP / PA

3

/35

9%

 Residents

3

/35

9%

 Medical specialists

6

/35

17%

Paediatric Intensive Care Unit

33

/240

14%

 Nurses

19

/33

58%

 NP / PA

1

/33

3%

 Residents

5

/33

15%

 Medical specialists

8

/33

24%

Median interval since last education (months)

8 (IQR 3–14)

 Nurses (n = 128)

8 (IQR 3–12)

 NP / PA (n = 8)

13 (IQR 4–20)

 Residents (n = 36)

6 (IQR 2–12)

 Medical specialists (n = 43)

12 (IQR 2–24)

 Missing (n = 25)

Previously attended life support courses (more than 1 possible) (n (%))

 No life support education

24 (10%)

 Advanced Paediatric Life Support

65 (27%)

 Paediatric Advanced Life Support

29 (12%)

 European Paediatric Advanced Life Support

15 (6%)

 Advanced Cardiac Life Support

42 (18%)

 Advanced Trauma Life Support

48 (20%)

 Pre-Hospital Paediatric Life Support

7 (3%)

 Training by department

145 (60%)

 Theoretical lecture

76 (32%)

 Other life support education

47 (20%)