Characteristics of participating PCI centres and interview participants
| Hospital | a | b | c | d | e | f |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of hospital | Teaching | Teaching | Academic | Teaching | Teaching | Teaching |
| Provision of thoracic surgery | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Number of catheterisation rooms (primarily for PCI) | 2 (1) | 5 (3 or 4) | 3 (2) | 2 (1) | 5 (2 or 3) | 3 (2) |
| Number of primary PCI procedures per year | 300–400 | >500 | 400–500 | <300 | >500 | >500 |
| Interventional cardiologist | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Cardiology resident | x | x | x | x | ||
| Catheterisation room nurse | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Cardiac care unit nurse | x | x | x | |||
| Ambulance nurse/medical manager | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Referring cardiologist* | x | x | ||||
| General practitioner* | x |
*Participants in Italic for verification.
PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.