Provision of post-crash first aid by traffic police in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The availability of prehospital trauma care is an important means of reducing serious injuries and fatalities associated with road traffic injuries (RTIs). Lay responders such as traffic police play an important role in the provision of prehospital trauma care to RTI victims, especially where there is no established prehospital care system. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to investigate knowledge, self-reported practice, and attitudes toward post-crash first aid among traffic police officers in Tanzania.

Method

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania between July-September 2017 to investigate knowledge, self-reported practice and attitude among traffic police officers during provision of post-crash care. We used simple r

SUBMITTER: Lukumay GG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6247529 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature