First things first: Effectiveness and scalability of a basis prehospital trauma care program for lay first-responders in Kampala, Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Jayaraman, Sudha ^a   Mabweijano, Jacqueline R ^b   Lipnick, Michael S ^c   Cadwell, Nolan ^d   Miyamoto, Justin ^d   Wangoda, Robert ^b   Mijumbi, Cephas ^b   Hsia, Renee ^a   Dicker, Rochelle ^e   Ozgediz, Doruk ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COURSE EVALUATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FIRST AID; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; LEARNING TEST; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; SELF REPORT; SKILL RETENTION; TRAUMATOLOGY; UGANDA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INJURY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FIRST AID; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UGANDA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 70349167226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006955     Document Type: Article

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