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Prehospital Care (EMS) in Yemen: Brief Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2022

Waheeb Nasr Naser Open the ORCID record for Waheeb Nasr Naser [Opens in a new window] ,
Mohammed Alsabri ,
Waleed Salem ,
Rebecca Yu  and
Huda Ba Saleem
Waheeb Nasr Naser
Affiliation:
Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Mohammed Alsabri*
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, DCH, Sana’a, Yemen Pediatric department, Brookdale Hospital, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Waleed Salem
Affiliation:
Emergency Medicine and Toxicology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
Rebecca Yu
Affiliation:
Saba University School of Medicine, The Bottom, Caribbean Netherlands
Huda Ba Saleem
Affiliation:
Community Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Aden, Aden, Yemen
*
Corresponding author: Mohammed Alsabri, Email: [email protected].
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Abstract

Objective:

A well-organized emergency medical system with adequate prehospital care can save lives and prevent disability. In Yemen, there are no data available about its prehospital care system. This qualitative, cross-sectional study aims to assess the status of prehospital care or emergency medical services in Yemen.

Methods:

Data were collected from January to February 2019 through interviews and a questionnaire obtained from the Prehospital Trauma Care Systems Guideline published by the World Health Organization (WHO). Respondents were key representatives of the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MoPHP), Civil Defense/Police departments, and Yemeni Red Crescent Association (YRCA).

Results:

Overall, based on 153 responses, it was found that, despite the availability of some formal services, the prehospital care system in Yemen is uncoordinated, fragmented, and insufficient.

Conclusions:

Given the importance of regulation, legislation, and funding support in the establishment of an effective prehospital care system, these areas merit the greatest attention and efforts. Future policies and strategies should also strive to improve communication and coordination between existing prehospital care providers, to establish a lead agency, and to increase accessibility to training.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , December 2022 , pp. 2412 - 2415
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc

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