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Table 1 Hospital and training participant characteristics for the 12 facilities receiving PRONTO Trainings

From: Team training in obstetric and neonatal emergencies using highly realistic simulation in Mexico: impact on process indicators

Participant characteristics (n =450)

Mean

sd

min

max

Facility infrastructure

Number (N =12)

Age (years)

36.4

9.3

20.4

64.2

Blood transfusion capability

7

Males = 1 (vs Females = 0)

0.39

-

0

1

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

5

Physicians = 1 (vs Nurses = 0)

0.54

-

0

1

Adult Intensive Care Unit

3

Morning Shift = 1 (vs Night Shift = 0)

0.40

-

0

1

Laboratory

12

Facility characteristics

Mean

sd

min

max

Ultrasound

12

Total deliveries (previous year)

2495

1189.72

756

4613

Doppler

8

Mean distance to most used referral hospital (Km)

89.3

110.5

5

388

Uterine manual vaccuum aspiration capabilities

9

Percentage of personnel trained by PRONTO (%)

21

8

7

32

Obstetric emergency triage system

6

Number of all physicians

71.4

48.5

25

211

Oxytocin

11

Number of generalist physicians*

28.8

15.0

18

74

Misoprostol

3

Number of specialist doctors**

34.9

23.8

5

84

Magnesium Sulfate***

9

Total number of nurses

133.9

62.8

56

256

  
  1. *Generalists and interns.
  2. **Obstetricians, Pediatricians, Anesthesiologist, Surgeons, Neonatologist, Perinatologist, Internists.
  3. ***N = 11 (one missing data).
  4. Proportion.