Training of Medical Rescue teams in Ghana
During the numerous trips to African countries and during the implementation of education and prevention programs in Ghana, the problem of lack of knowledge and skills in providing premedical help and handling of medical equipment among Medical Emergency Teams was noticed. The Paramedics for Africa...
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Kazimierz Wielki University
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| description | During the numerous trips to African countries and during the implementation of education and prevention programs in Ghana, the problem of lack of knowledge and skills in providing premedical help and handling of medical equipment among Medical Emergency Teams was noticed.
The Paramedics for Africa project was created. It was realized in 2017 in the capital of Ghana in Accra and the city of Dormaa. One of the goals of the project was medical training and equipment retrofitting of emergency ambulance teams. 81 paramedics were trained.
The work describes own experience from the implementation of an educational project. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71f1c75c687e4805be8b6e0f030f18392022-12-21T23:27:44ZengKazimierz Wielki UniversityJournal of Education, Health and Sport2391-83062018-11-0181134635310.5281/zenodo.14930335673Training of Medical Rescue teams in GhanaEwa Zieliński0Katarzyna Sas1Walery Zukow2Department of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, BydgoszczChair and Department of Pedagogy and Didactics of Nursing, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, BydgoszczDepartment of Spatial Management and Tourism, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, TorunDuring the numerous trips to African countries and during the implementation of education and prevention programs in Ghana, the problem of lack of knowledge and skills in providing premedical help and handling of medical equipment among Medical Emergency Teams was noticed. The Paramedics for Africa project was created. It was realized in 2017 in the capital of Ghana in Accra and the city of Dormaa. One of the goals of the project was medical training and equipment retrofitting of emergency ambulance teams. 81 paramedics were trained. The work describes own experience from the implementation of an educational project.http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6309paramedics trainingmedical rescue teamghana |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Training of Medical Rescue teams in Ghana |
| title_short | Training of Medical Rescue teams in Ghana |
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| topic | paramedics training medical rescue team ghana |
| url | http://www.ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6309 |
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