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Table 1 Participants across the ambulance services

From: “It's like a swan, all nice and serene on top, and paddling like hell underneath”: community first responders’ practices in attending patients and contributions to rapid emergency response in rural England, United Kingdom—a qualitative interview study

Ambulance services

CFRs

CFR leads

Ambulance clinicians

Commissioners

Patients and relatives

EMAS

6

2

0

1

1

SCAS

3

3

0

0

2

SECAMB

3

7

1

0

0

SWASFT

0

1

0

0

0

WMAS

3

2

3

1

0

YAS

6

0

0

0

2

Total (47)

21

15

4

2

5

  1. CFR Community First Responder, EMAS: East Midland Ambulance Service NHS Trust, SCAS South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, SECAMB Southeast Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, SWASFT South West Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, WMAS West Midland Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, YAS Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust