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Table 1 Questions of the online survey

From: Evaluating practioners’ preferences regarding vascular emergency access in newborn infants in the delivery room: a national survey

1.

PERSONAL DATA

1.1

Professional group you belong to (SC)

a

neonatal nurses (non-neonatologists)

b

residents (non-neonatologists)

c

fellows (non-neonatologists)

d

senior physicians (neonatologists)

e

head of the neonatal department (neonatologist)

 

1.2

Your professional experience in years (SC)

a

0–3 years

b

3–7 years

c

more than 7 years

d

others (please specify)

1.3

Your hospital’s NICU level of care (based on the German G-BA nomenclature) (SC)

a

Level I (equivalent to tertiary unites); admitting all infants

b

Level II; admitting infants with a birthweight of > 1250 g or > 29 wk gestation

c

Level III (equivalent to international NICU level I); admitting infants > 1500 g or

> 32 wk gestation

1.4

Number of deliveries per year in your hospital (SC)

a

< 1000

b

1000–2000

c

> 2000

d

others (please specify)

2.

CONVENTIONAL PLACEMENT OF AN UVC

2.1

How many UVC have you placed successfully? (SC)

a

0

b

1–5

c

more than 5

 

2.2

On a scale of 1–5, how do you rate the feasibility of UVC insertion in a routine non-emergency setting in the DR? (SC)

a

very simple

b

simple

c

difficult

d

very difficult

e

impossible

 

2.3

On a scale of 1–5, how do you rate the feasibility of UVC insertion in an emergency setting in the delivery room? (SC)

a

very simple

b

simple

c

difficult

d

very difficult

e

impossible

 

2.4

What do you think are the most common problems during an UVC placement? (MC)?

a

time delay

b

catheter malposition

c

manpower (human resources)

d

lack of experience

e

others (please specify)

 

3.

INTRAOSSEOUS CANNULA (IOC) (SC)

3.1

How many IOC have you performed successfully?

a

0

b

1–5

c

more than 5

 

3.2

On a scale of 1–5, how would you rate the feasibility of inserting an IOC in an emergency situation in the DR? (SC)

a

very simple

b

simple

c

difficult

d

very difficult

e

impossible

 

3.3

What do you think is(are) the most common problem(s) during IOC insertion? (MC)

a

causing Pain

b

potential for bone injury

c

extravasate

d

malposition

e

lack of experience

f

others (please specify)

4.

PREVAILING PRACTICE

4.1

In an emergency situation in the delivery room, which access route would you consider for a newborn weighing 4000 g (with pronounced centralisation)? (SC)

a

UVC

b

IOC

4.2

For the initial delivery room treatment of a 500 g premature baby, which access route would you prefer (after failed placement of a peripheral venous line)? (SC)

a

UVC

b

IOC

  1. Answers possible as MC Multiple Choice, SC Single Choice and free answering fields if named: Others (please specify)