Improving surgery service delivery in context

Improving surgery service delivery in context

Specifically, trauma accounts for the greatest surgical burden in poor countries, and most deaths have been shown to occur in the prehospital setting of countries with no emergency system.3 In one such setting (Uganda), we developed and implemented a basic, contextappropriate prehospital curriculum...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Lancet (British edition) 2010-11, Vol.376 (9755), p.1826-1827
Hauptverfasser: Ozgediz, Doruk, Mabweijano, Jacqueline, Mijumbi, Cephas, Jayaraman, Sudha, Lipnick, Michael
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Developing Countries
Emergency Medical Services
Emergency preparedness
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Internal Medicine
Operating Rooms - statistics & numerical data
Oximetry - statistics & numerical data
Police
Poverty
Program Development
Surgical Procedures, Operative - standards
Uganda
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Zusammenfassung:Specifically, trauma accounts for the greatest surgical burden in poor countries, and most deaths have been shown to occur in the prehospital setting of countries with no emergency system.3 In one such setting (Uganda), we developed and implemented a basic, contextappropriate prehospital curriculum for lay first-responders (police, taxi drivers, public officials) and showed that this can improve care at minimal cost.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62167-8