The project will have three components delivered simultaneously over a period of 2 years. The project's components focus on 1) assessing and building the capacity of EMT faculty at 4 training institutions. 2) Equip emergency training environments for the selected teaching hospitals, and 3) Support a cohort of 60 students in their training to become EMTs under the newly approved government curriculum. This project is designed to create momentum for caring for patients with emergent conditions
Currently, in Uganda, there are no government-registered Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) for a population of approximately 50 million people. According to the Ministry of Health (MoH), the country has a deficit of 9,800 emergency providers, of which 5,000 are needed to staff the existing ambulance fleet. Without EMTs, the opportunity to deliver time-sensitive emergency medical and trauma care is lost, leading to preventable deaths and disabilities.
The project will have three components delivered simultaneously over a period of 2 years. The project's components focus on 1) assessing and building the capacity of EMT faculty at 4 training institutions. 2) Equip emergency training environments for the selected teaching hospitals, and 3) Support a cohort of 60 students in their training to become EMTs under the newly approved government curriculum. This project is designed to create momentum for caring for patients with emergent conditions
Having a well trained EMTs increases the number of professionals who can treat not only trauma victims, but also patients with other medical conditions, including obstetric emergencies, seizures, strokes, and sepsis, who need urgent care before arrival and at the hospital.
This project has provided additional documentation in a DOCX file (projdoc.docx).
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