Application of the World Health Organization's Basic Emergency Care course in Zambia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2013, the Zambian Ministry of Health identified action priorities for strengthening their emergency care system; one of these priorities was emergency care training for healthcare providers. To rapidly train the existing cadre of frontline providers, trainings were implemented in multiple provinces using the World Health Organization's Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course. The BEC course is open-access and emphasizes a practical syndrome-based approach to critical emergency conditions. This paper describes the first reported larger scale educational intervention of the BEC course in 7 provinces of Zambia.

Methods

Course delivery occurred at seven Zambian hospitals selected by the Ministry of Health over a 1 year period. Participant emergency care knowledge was ass

SUBMITTER: Broccoli MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7910165 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature