Research Article

Ambulance Nurses’ Competence and Perception of Competence in Prehospital Trauma Care

Table 3

The response time to critical care actions.

Care actionsMean (seconds)

Jaw thrust mean35
SD(37)
Min time–max time5–240
Undertook no action5% ()

Radial pulse mean83
SD(69)
Min time–max time17–525
Undertook no action11% ()

Oxygen mask mean114
SD(81)
Min time–max time3–375
Undertook no action8% ()

Stop bleeding leg mean202
SD(105)
Min time–max time31–470
Undertook no action13% ()

Leaving the scene mean395
SD(130)
Min time–max time164–660