Table 4 Stakeholder and key informant demographics

Average Years of Service

22 (SD = 8)

Provinces Represented

Nova Scotia (n = 2); New Brunswick (n = 1); Quebec (n = 3), Ontario (n = 7); Alberta (n = 2); British Columbia (n = 3), Federal (n = 2)

Services/Agency Types Represented (some participants hold multiple roles)

Ground (n = 10), Air (n = 4) and Military (n = 1) Paramedic Services; Educational Institutions (n = 8); Regulators (n = 1); Base Hospital (n = 3); Professional Associations (n = 5)

Operational Roles (some participants hold multiple roles)

Paramedic (n = 15); Paramedic (non-clinical) Administrator (e.g., chief, deputy chief) (n = 7); Paramedic Field Supervisor (n = 1); Educator (n = 9); Regulator (n = 3); CQI/Standards (n = 3), Paramedic Researcher (n = 4); Patient Advocate (n = 1); Medical Director (n = 3);

Practice Setting or Stakeholder Background (some participants hold multiple roles)

Land Paramedic Service (n = 12); Air Paramedic Service (n = 5); Rural (n = 2), Specialty (e.g., CBRNE) (n = 2); Military (n = 1), Community Paramedic (n = 2); International Paramedic (n = 3); Dispatch (n = 1); Emergency Department (n = 4); Other (n = 1)

Practitioner Group (some participants hold multiple roles)

PCP (n = 4); ACP (n = 11); CCP (n = 5); EMD (n = 1); Physician (n = 3); Nurse (n = 1), Other (n = 1)