Ukraine Trauma Project: the feasibility of introducing advanced trauma-care skills to frontline emergency medical services responders.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To design, develop, deliver and assess a training initiative on haemorrhage control for emergency medical services (EMS) staff in Ukraine, in an active wartime setting.

Design

Using the Medical Research Council framework for complex interventions, a training programme was designed and developed in a collaboration between Irish and Ukrainian colleagues and delivered by experienced prehospital clinicians/educators. Feedback was gathered from participants.

Setting

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused large numbers of trauma patients with limited access to advanced prehospital emergency care. Ukrainian authorities requested support in delivering such care.

Participants

Ukrainian EMS nominated clinical staff as trainees, in partnership with an educa

SUBMITTER: Bury G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10649656 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature