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The Development of Civilian Emergency Medical Care During an Insurgency: Current Status and Future Outlook in Iraq

2010; Elsevier BV; Volume: 56; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.12.028

1097-6760

Ross I. Donaldson, Tariq Hasson, Sharaf Aziz, Waleed Ansari, Gerald E. Evans,

Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation

We review the development of civilian out-of-hospital and hospital-based emergency medical care in Iraq, focusing on the non-Kurdish regions. Emergency medicine in the country has made encouraging steps during the last several years, including the establishment of national emergency medicine policy, the training of out-of-hospital caregivers, the education of physicians currently working in Iraqi emergency departments, and the development of emergency medicine residency programs, among others. The utilization of a national Emergency Medicine Working Group has been a key resource in the development of emergency medicine in the country, a strategy we recommend to others aiding low- and middle-income nations.