Pre-hospital care and emergency medical services Other
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention consists of the implementation and evaluation of Rwanda912, an emergency medical services communication system intervention composed of interfaces to capture facility and patient-rele
Sponsors
University of Birmingham
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. All incidents/patient conditions transported by Service d’Aide Medicale Urgente (SAMU) in Rwanda 2. For clinical outcomes, the study will concentrate on patients transported to public health facilities because they receive the largest number of cases from SAMU
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients transported to private health facilities
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time from injury to arrival at an appropriate facility measured using data collected on individual patients' records in the Rwanda912 database and trauma registry from baseline through to end-line | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Clinical or process (e.g. death, need for ITU, length of stay) measured using data collected on individual patients from hospitals' electronic medical records and the trauma registry from baseline through to end-line 2. Quality of life measured using the self-assessed, health-related quality of life questionnaire (EQ5D5L) after the rollout of the intervention 3. Disability measured using the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) after the rollout of the intervention 4. Implementation outcomes: Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Cost, and Maintenance measured using the RE-AIM QuEST framework after the rollout of the intervention | — |
Countries
Rwanda
Contacts
Public ContactAurore Nishimwe
Outcome results
None listed