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Emergency medical care in developing countries: is it worthwhile?

RAZZAK, Junaid A ; KELLERMANN, Arthur L

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002-01, Vol.80 (11), p.900-905 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Genève: Organisation mondiale de la santé

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Título:
Emergency medical care in developing countries: is it worthwhile?
Autor: RAZZAK, Junaid A ; KELLERMANN, Arthur L
Assuntos: accesibilidad a los servicios de salud ; atención primaria de salud ; Biological and medical sciences ; Child mortality ; Children & youth ; Cost of Illness ; costo de la enfermedad ; Critical Illness - economics ; Critical Illness - mortality ; Developing Countries ; Disease prevention ; Emergency medical care ; Emergency medical services ; Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration ; Emergency Medical Services - standards ; Emergency services ; encuestas de atención de la salud ; Evaluation ; General aspects ; Global health ; Guidelines as Topic ; Health aspects ; Health care access ; Health facilities ; Health policy ; Health Policy & Services ; Health Priorities ; Health services ; Health Services Accessibility - standards ; Health Services Needs and Demand ; Health systems. Social services ; Hospitals ; Humans ; Illnesses ; Injuries ; International aspects ; LDCs ; Management ; Maternal & child health ; Medical care ; Medical policy ; Medical sciences ; Medical service ; medicina basada en evidencia ; países en desarrollo ; prestación de atención de salud ; Preventive medicine ; Primary care ; Public health ; Public health. Hygiene ; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine ; Quality of Health Care ; Quality-Adjusted Life Years ; servicios médicos de urgencia ; Socioeconomic Factors ; transporte de pacientes ; triaje ; Tropical medicine ; Womens health ; Workers
É parte de: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002-01, Vol.80 (11), p.900-905
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Descrição: Prevention is a core value of any health system. Nonetheless, many health problems will continue to occur despite preventive services. A significant burden of diseases in developing countries is caused by time-sensitive illnesses and injuries, such as severe infections, hypoxia caused by respiratory infections, dehydration caused by diarrhoea, intentional and unintentional injuries, postpartum bleeding, and acute myocardial infarction. The provision of timely treatment during life-threatening emergencies is not a priority for many health systems in developing countries. This paper reviews evidence indicating the need to develop and/or strengthen emergency medical care systems in these countries. An argument is made for the role of emergency medical care in improving the health of populations and meeting expectations for access to emergency care. We consider emergency medical care in the community, during transportation, and at first-contact and regional referral facilities. Obstacles to developing effective emergency medical care include a lack of structural models, inappropriate training foci, concerns about cost, and sustainability in the face of a high demand for services. A basic but effective level of emergency medical care responds to perceived and actual community needs and improves the health of populations.
Editor: Genève: Organisation mondiale de la santé
Idioma: Inglês;Português

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Emergency medical care in developing countries: is it worthwhile?

RAZZAK, Junaid A ; KELLERMANN, Arthur L

Genève: Organisation mondiale de la santé

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