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Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs
BACKGROUND: Nigeria is ranked second highest in the rate of road accidents and other emergencies (Deaths, disabilities) among 193 countries of the world. There is therefore the need for analyzing Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) in the country to identify options for improvement. METHOD: The...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31805859 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-019-0291-9 |
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author | Mac, Peter Asaga Kroeger, Axel Airiohuodion, Philomena Ehi |
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description | BACKGROUND: Nigeria is ranked second highest in the rate of road accidents and other emergencies (Deaths, disabilities) among 193 countries of the world. There is therefore the need for analyzing Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) in the country to identify options for improvement. METHOD: The study was conducted from February, 2016 to March, 2017 in three EMRS organizations (FRSC, NEMA and MAITAMA Hospital) located in Abuja. The structure, resources, process of EMRS activities and outcome (delay times, case fatality as well as victims and service-providers satisfaction with services) were assessed through observation, time measurements and interviews. RESULTS: FRSC and NEMA offers (Road Traffic Injury) RTI and Disaster services, the ambulances consist of Intensive Care Unit(ICU) buses, Helicopters, Speed boats, motorbikes and other specialized vehicles. Mortality and morbidity recorded for 2016 was 1.1 and 2% respectively. MAITAMA is a specialist centre that offers general medical services. A total number 1227(88.8%) lives were saved during the observational period by three organizations, 60(4.9%) deaths, 132 (9.6%) disabilities, 793 (57.2%) NCDs and 593(42.8%) RTI. CONCLUSION: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause many deaths and morbidities in the developing world compared to infectious diseases. There is need for total revamping and education of EMRS institutions in Nigeria and Low- Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Abuja and its surroundings suffers from delays in rapid emergency services, lack of adequate awareness, functional ambulances, minimal specialists and inadequate consumables lead to the loss of many lives. |
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spelling | pubmed-68964002019-12-11 Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs Mac, Peter Asaga Kroeger, Axel Airiohuodion, Philomena Ehi BMC Emerg Med Research Article BACKGROUND: Nigeria is ranked second highest in the rate of road accidents and other emergencies (Deaths, disabilities) among 193 countries of the world. There is therefore the need for analyzing Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) in the country to identify options for improvement. METHOD: The study was conducted from February, 2016 to March, 2017 in three EMRS organizations (FRSC, NEMA and MAITAMA Hospital) located in Abuja. The structure, resources, process of EMRS activities and outcome (delay times, case fatality as well as victims and service-providers satisfaction with services) were assessed through observation, time measurements and interviews. RESULTS: FRSC and NEMA offers (Road Traffic Injury) RTI and Disaster services, the ambulances consist of Intensive Care Unit(ICU) buses, Helicopters, Speed boats, motorbikes and other specialized vehicles. Mortality and morbidity recorded for 2016 was 1.1 and 2% respectively. MAITAMA is a specialist centre that offers general medical services. A total number 1227(88.8%) lives were saved during the observational period by three organizations, 60(4.9%) deaths, 132 (9.6%) disabilities, 793 (57.2%) NCDs and 593(42.8%) RTI. CONCLUSION: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause many deaths and morbidities in the developing world compared to infectious diseases. There is need for total revamping and education of EMRS institutions in Nigeria and Low- Middle Income Countries (LMICs). Abuja and its surroundings suffers from delays in rapid emergency services, lack of adequate awareness, functional ambulances, minimal specialists and inadequate consumables lead to the loss of many lives. BioMed Central 2019-12-05 /pmc/articles/PMC6896400/ /pubmed/31805859 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-019-0291-9 Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mac, Peter Asaga Kroeger, Axel Airiohuodion, Philomena Ehi Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs |
title | Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs |
title_full | Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs |
title_fullStr | Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs |
title_full_unstemmed | Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs |
title_short | Needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in Abuja/Nigeria and environs |
title_sort | needs assessment of emergency medical and rescue services in abuja/nigeria and environs |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896400/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31805859 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-019-0291-9 |
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