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Emergency Medical Services

last updated Dec 8, 2011

Overview

Implementing organization: 
Medical Team International
Implementation Partner(s): 
Kampong Cham Provincial Health Department
Legal Status: 
Private (not-for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2010
Stage: 
Existing/expansion stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
All income levels

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Donor
Funders: 
Medical Teams International
Summary: 

Emergency Medical Services is the project that was initiated and implemented by Medical Team International (MTI) to reduce mortality and morbidity rates caused by road accidents among Cambodian people, mainly those live along roads at high risk of having accidents.

Program goals/rationale: 

Cambodia has seen a rapid increase in its volume of road traffic in recent years. At the same time, insufficient enforcement, improvement of the national road network (allowing speed increases), a lack of road safety education and awareness, the inadequacy of public health infrastructures in providing treatment for traffic injuries, and poor access to health services – have led to a rapidly rising number of road accidents and casualties.

Almost four people are killed every day and many others are injured on the roads of Cambodia, indicating one of the highest fatality rates compared to other ASEAN countries. It has an enormous impact on the social and economic welfare of the country with an estimated annual cost of 116 million US$, representing more than three percent of the country growth domestic products (GDP).

Off the 24 provinces, Kampong Cham has a biggest population size of 1,680,694 (2008) and ranks the second road accident-related mortality and morbidity rate in Cambodia.

The purpose of initiating Emergency Medical Services is to improve the road safety services through filling the gaps of the road safety operation systems.

Key program components: 

The implementation of EMS focuses on an improvement of emergency services at public facilities, enhancement of injury management in the accident site, and promotion of awareness related to road accidents among community.

At the public health facilities, health care providers are trained on the emergency skills in saving victims who have suffered from road accidents. The practical skills primarily focus on managing critical conditions resulting from accidents such classify the degrees of injuries, identifying life-threatening causes, stabilizing vital signs, emotional supports and facilitating timely referral for emergency care services.

On the accident site mainly along roads at high risks of causing accidents, MTI through its volunteers organizes training courses on first emergency management for polices, ambulance staff and some of community people. First Aid kits are delivered to those trained stakeholders for their first emergency response. Awareness raising is organized to alert people along roads on causes of accidents, basic management of victims and availability of EMS system.

MTI supports public health services with equipments, materials and commodities for emergency services. Ambulances are also properly equipped following the international accepted minimum standard to facilitate the effective referral services.

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