Prehospital care of trauma patients in Tanzania: medical knowledge assessment and proposal for safe transportation of neurotrauma patients.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

A descriptive, cross-sectional survey of individuals involved in prehospital transportation of neurotrauma patients was performed.

Objectives

Little is known about prehospital care of neurotrauma patients in low- and middle-income countries. This study sought to assess the knowledge of prehospital transporters in Tanzania and propose an educational intervention to help identify patients with severe neurotrauma.

Setting

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Methods

Surveys assessed demographic information and medical knowledge with three outcomes of identifying signs of a deceased, sick, or clinically deteriorating patient. Predictors of increased medical knowledge were investigated with univariate and multivariate logistic regression (MLR).

Results

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SUBMITTER: Lan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7200805 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature