Current patterns of prehospital trauma care in Kampala, Uganda and the feasibility of a lay-first-responder training program

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2512-2521

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; UGANDA;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UGANDA; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77956071600     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-009-0180-6     Document Type: Article

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