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| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percentage |
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| Have ever heard about NASG | Yes | 211 | 86.5 |
| No | 33 | 13.5 |
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| NASG looks like (N = 211) | Bottom half of suit | 78 | 37.0 |
| Gown | 28 | 13.2 |
| Trouser | 105 | 49.8 |
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| The first source of information about NASG (N = 211) | Training | 31 | 14.7 |
| Health institutions as they used management modality | 83 | 39.3 |
| College/university education | 63 | 29.9 |
| Internet | 34 | 16.1 |
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| Number of segment NASG has (N = 211) | Four | 54 | 25.6 |
| Six | 121 | 57.3 |
| Eight | 32 | 15.2 |
| Nine | 4 | 1.9 |
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| The function of NASG (N = 211)c | Prevents shock | 140 | 66.4 |
| Stabilizes the women in shock | 101 | 47.9 |
| Reverses shock | 75 | 35.5 |
| Decreases blood loss | 126 | 59.7 |
| Compresses blood vessels | 126 | 59.7 |
| Increases blood flow to vital organs | 127 | 60.2 |
| I do not know | 5 | 2.4 |
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| Indications for NASG application (N = 211)c | Postpartum hemorrhage | 201 | 95.3 |
| Shock due to ectopic pregnancy | 84 | 39.8 |
| Post-cesarean hemorrhage | 104 | 49.3 |
| Shock due to trauma with injury/hemorrhage below the diaphragm | 110 | 52.1 |
| I do not know | 5 | 2.4 |
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| NASG applied for women with PPH (N = 211)c | Blood loss >750 ml | 138 | 65.4 |
| Systolic blood pressure <90 mmHg | 132 | 62.6 |
| Pulse >110 bpm | 135 | 64.0 |
| I do not know | 9 | 4.3 |
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| Contraindications for use of NASG (N = 211)c | Viable fetus in-utero | 172 | 81.5 |
| Pulmonary edema | 122 | 57.8 |
| Bleeding above the diaphragm | 120 | 56.9 |
| Congestive heart failure due to mitral stenosis | 128 | 60.7 |
| Dyspnea | 83 | 39.3 |
| I do not know | 15 | 7.1 |
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| How to apply NASG? (N = 211) | Start at the ankle and proceed up to the umbilicus | 170 | 80.6 |
| Start at the umbilicus then proceed to the ankle | 21 | 10.0 |
| Start at any segment | 20 | 9.5 |
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| When to remove NASG? (N = 211)c | Estimated blood loss decreased to <50 ml/hr | 93 | 44.1 |
| Hemoglobin level is >7 or hematocrit is >20% | 106 | 50.2 |
| Pulse <100 bpm | 130 | 61.6 |
| Systolic BP 90 mmHg or greater | 114 | 54.0 |
| The woman is conscious and aware | 107 | 50.7 |
| I do not know | 16 | 7.6 |
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| “Rule of 20 cautions for NASG removal” means (N = 211) | The time interval between the removal of successive segments | 92 | 43.6 |
| Blood pressure and pulse require reapply of segment/s when BP falls by 20 mmHg or pulse increases by 20 BPM respectively | 119 | 56.4 |
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