An Analysis of Prehospital Care System Implementations in Developing Countries
Article written as a part of the Masters program in Public Health at Uppsala University, Spring 2016
Abstract:
Formal prehospital care systems have been implemented to various degrees across the developing world and have been shown to be potentially effective at reducing trauma-related mortality. The WHO report Prehospital Trauma Care Systems established consensus guidelines for organizing basic prehospital care systems in developing countries, noting a number of key elements of successful system implementation. This paper reviews the literature with respect to these key elements, identifying 3 basic types of interventions relating to the generation of local support, system formalization, and expansion and standardization.