TY - JOUR
T1 - Trauma reception and resuscitation in Sri Lanka
T2 - The Health for the South Capacity-Building project: International Emergency Medicine
AU - O'Reilly, Gerard
AU - Fitzgerald, Mark
AU - Ariyananda, Pilane L.
AU - Jayasekera, Krishantha
AU - Williams, Sue
AU - Charlton, Sally
AU - Young, Simon
AU - Santeloudi, Nicholas
AU - Wilson, Kylie
AU - Stevens, Jeremy
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, the Health for the South project, Capacity-Building programme was implemented in Galle, Sri Lanka. The objectives of the Capacity-Building programme were to develop the emergency and trauma service capability at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya in Galle. Over 15 months, ED clinicians, from the Alfred Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, provided training in the Emergency Treatment Unit of the main referral hospital for the south of Sri Lanka. This programme, completed in June 2008, significantly improved the hospital's ability to conduct trauma resuscitation, and to attain an increased level of disaster preparedness. In addition, valuable lessons were noted that will guide future initiatives in trauma care training in similar contexts.
AB - In response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, the Health for the South project, Capacity-Building programme was implemented in Galle, Sri Lanka. The objectives of the Capacity-Building programme were to develop the emergency and trauma service capability at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya in Galle. Over 15 months, ED clinicians, from the Alfred Hospital and Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, provided training in the Emergency Treatment Unit of the main referral hospital for the south of Sri Lanka. This programme, completed in June 2008, significantly improved the hospital's ability to conduct trauma resuscitation, and to attain an increased level of disaster preparedness. In addition, valuable lessons were noted that will guide future initiatives in trauma care training in similar contexts.
KW - Developing country
KW - Disaster
KW - Emergency medicine
KW - Sri Lanka
KW - Trauma resuscitation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=65349135348&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01172.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01172.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:65349135348
SN - 1742-6731
VL - 21
SP - 147
EP - 152
JO - EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
JF - EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia
IS - 2
ER -