Developing prehospital clinical practice guidelines for resource limited settings: why re-invent the wheel?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Methods on developing new (de novo) clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) have received substantial attention. However, the volume of literature is not matched by research into alternative methods of CPG development using existing CPG documents-a specific issue for guideline development groups in low- and middle-income countries. We report on how we developed a context specific prehospital CPG using an alternative guideline development method. Difficulties experienced and lessons learnt in applying existing global guidelines' recommendations to a national context are highlighted.

Results

The project produced the first emergency care CPG for prehospital providers in Africa. It included > 270 CPGs and produced over 1000 recommendations for prehospital emergency care.

SUBMITTER: McCaul M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800053 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature