Emergency response in resource-poor settings: A review of a newly-implemented EMS system in rural Uganda

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-316

  De Ramirez, Sarah Stewart ^a   Doll, Jacob ^b   Carle, Sarah ^a   Anest, Trisha ^a   Arii, Maya ^c   Hsieh, Yu Hsiang ^a   Okongo, Martins ^d   Moresky, Rachel ^e   Sachs, Sonia Ehrlich ^f   Millin, Michael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Millennium Villages Project Field Office   (Uganda)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

^f Center for International Forestry Research   (United States)

Author keywords

ambulance; developing countries; Emergency Medical Services (EMS); global health; injury; prehospital care; rural health; trauma; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UGANDA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AMBULANCES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS; UGANDA;

EID: 84907189943     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X14000363     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Razzak JA, Kellermann AL. Emergency medical care in developing countries: is it worthwhile? Bull World Health Organ. 2002(80):900-905.
2. World Health Organization. Violence, injuries and disability: Biennial 2006-2007 report. 2008.
3. World Health Organization. Child injuries in context. In: Peden M, Oyegbite K, Ozanne-Smith J, et al, eds. World report on child injury prevention. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2008:1-22.
4. Kobusingye OC, Hyder AA, Bishai D, Joshipura M, Hicks ER, Mock C. Emergency medical services. In: Jamison DT, Breman JG, Measham AR, et al, eds. Disease control priorities in developing countries, 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 2006:1261-1280.
5. Mock C, Jurkovich G, nii-Amon-Kotei D, Arreola-Risa C, Maier R. Trauma mortality patterns in three nations at different economic levels: implications for global trauma system development. J Trauma. 1998;44(5):804-812.
6. World Health Organization. Malaria fact sheet. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs094/en/. Accessed January 8, 2011.
7. World Health Organization. World malaria report 2011. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.
8. World Health Organization. Uganda health profile. http://www.who.int/gho/countries/uga.pdf. Accessed April, 2013.
9. UNDP. Uganda country profile: Human development indicators. http://hdrstats. undp.org/en/countries/profiles/UGA.html. Accessed January 8, 2011.
10. Sanchez P, Palm C, Sachs J, et al. The African millennium villages. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2007;104(43):16775-16780.
11. Patton MQ. Qualitative evaluation and research methods. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Publications; 1990.
12. Goodman LA. Snowball sampling. Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 1961;32(1):148-170.
13. Bass RR. History. In: Bass RR, Brice JH, Delbridge TR, Gunderson MR, eds. Medical oversight of EMS. Vol 2. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Professional; 2009:3-21.
14. Accidental Death and Disability: The neglected disease of modern society. Washington DC: National Academy of Sciences; 1966:38.
15. Ghaffar A, Hyder AA, Masud TI. The burden of road traffic injuries in developing countries: the 1st national injury survey of Pakistan. Public Health. 2004;118(3): 211-217.
16. Mock CN, Adzotor KE, Conklin E, Denno DM, Jurkovich GJ. Trauma outcomes in the rural developing world: comparison with an urban level I trauma center. J Trauma. 1993;35(4):518-523.
17. Mock C, Ofosu A, Gish O. Utilization of district health services by injured persons in a rural area of Ghana. Int J Health Plann Manage. 2001;16(1):19-32.
18. Zwi AB, Forjuoh S, Murugusampillay S, Odero W, Watts C. Injuries in developing countries: policy response needed now. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1996;90(6): 593-595.
19. Smith GS, Barss P. Unintentional injuries in developing countries: the epidemiology of a neglected problem. Epidemiol Rev. 1991;13:228-266.
20. Kirsch TD, Beaudreau RW, Holder YA, Smith GS. Pediatric injuries presenting to an emergency department in a developing country. Pediatr Emerg Care. 1996;12(6):411-415.
21. Emergency Medical Services Systems Act of 1973. 1973.
22. Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Emergency medical services at the crossroads.Washington DC: The National Academies Press; 2007.
23. Myers B. Medical oversight for emergency medical services: Defining success. N C Med J. 2007;68(4):268-271.
24. VanRooyen MJ, Thomas TL, Clem KJ. International emergency medical services: Assessment of developing prehospital systems abroad. J Emerg Med. 1999;17(4): 691-696.
25. Bailey BW. Federal policy leading the way in emergency medical services. N CMed J. 2007;68(4):242-243.