A systematic, unbiased collation of evidence of paramedics trained with extended skills is essential to ensure a sound evidence base to inform and justify developments to emergency services already strained by financial cuts.
He received some good news on Friday from the Inter-American Development Bank, which gave permission to redirect $200 million in loans destined for development projects to emergency construction.
In a historic move, donor countries will be able to use money earmarked for development to respond to emergencies regardless of the recipient country's wealth.
Prompt biobank collection within the ED allows research into mechanisms of sepsis earlier in a patient's hospital course than has heretofore been possible and enables biomarker discovery for testing development directly relevant to emergency providers.
To address this lack, the International Federation for Emergency Medicine (IFEM) convened a committee of international physicians, health professionals, and other experts in emergency medicine and international emergency medicine development to outline a curriculum for foundation training of medical students in emergency medicine.
An important limitation of the IFC program is that it ensures awareness building and capacity development to seek care in emergency; however, it does not provide direct health services to the people living in the remote areas.
Additionally, the Haddon matrix can serve as a helpful model for disaster preparedness and response in a variety of contexts, from public health readiness policy development to local public health practice emergency response planning.
As the Guardian found during its rural development project in Katine, north-east Uganda, doing good development aid – as opposed to emergency aid – is a slow and complex business that involves multiple players.
It was established in 1989, originally to discuss measures to protect the Arctic environment, but has since expanded to work on scientific research, sustainable development and responses to emergencies.
